
The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”
Written by DAN ATKINSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“It’s troubling that nobody deigned to mention this was coming.”
Written by DAN ATKINSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Boston has spent millions on no-bid contracts for analysts they claim couldn’t track racist demonstrators
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
The city councilor demanded transparency around a Boston Police officer’s participation.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
The woman later told police that he assaulted her, while “McHale had maintained that any contact between himself and the woman was consensual.”
Written by Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS
Other than some Trump-supporting scoundrels and police who get paid lavishly to make appearances in court after arresting people on small crimes, I don’t know anybody else who thinks the legal system ought to regress. In Suffolk or anyplace else.
Written by PETER ROBERGE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston
As tensions grew between authorities and socialist types, one infamous standoff in Roxbury in 1919 showed just how grisly things could get. At Monroe Avenue and Humboldt Street, activists and Boston cops fought hand to hand until police backup led to more than 100 arrests.
Written by OLIVIA DENG Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
While both candidates have positioned themselves as the best choice for addressing racism in a city that is 53 percent people of color, their outlooks on related issues and strategies regarding how to fix things differ substantially.
Written by EVAN GREER Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS
Even the government’s own reports admit that bulk data collection programs have never actually prevented a major violent attack.