As can be seen in a video that one witness submitted to police, officers repeatedly punched Ohene in his torso. A subsequent CPD report depicts Ohene as being so wildly combative that three cops from Cambridge plus a transit officer were needed to restrain him and to place the perp in handcuffs in order to “avoid further injury to himself.”
PUBLIC SQUARE: ALLIED FORCES
Who’s moving the needle on racial justice? Who’s not?
BEYOND BLM HEADLINES: ON SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN FLAME WARS
It was easy to take one look at the headlines, glance through Twitter, and #FTP all over the place.
ZINN, FERGUSON, AND TRUTH
“The truth is damning enough.”
SCREAMING RADIO
On the conservative Internets, there’s no such thing as racism …
ON #BLMDIGSOUT AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER THROUGH WINTRY HELL
The city is overwhelmed. If we keep acting in support of one another, there’s a chance that we can dig ourselves out.
GUEST EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OPEN MINDED
Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.
PICS FROM TODAY’S NEWBURY STREET SHUTDOWN
The protest was rather unique. The horde, relatively large considering the icy temp, shut down Newbury Street.
COUNCILOR JACKSON HOLDS COURT IN THE MIDDLE OF MASS AVE DURING #BOSTON4FERGUSON PROTEST
Image by Chris Faraone More than a few elected officials showed at the community meeting held last night at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury. From longtime State Rep. Byron Rushing, to Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley, to Mayor Marty Walsh and Governor-elect Charlie Baker, well over a dozen pols observed or participated in a […]
#BOSTON4FERGUSON DISPATCH AND ANALYSIS: THE BIGGEST HUB PROTEST IN YEARS COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED AT A BETTER TIME
Images by Chris Faraone Last night reminded me of an Ethan Hawke film called The Purge, in which for one night every year Americans are allowed to commit homicide. Extreme, sure, and there’s obviously no need for murder. Nevertheless, the movie has a point in that we stand to be far more functional as […]
