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RARE FOOTAGE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TAPE MUCKROCK GOT FROM BPD IS AMAZING

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted December 15, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

It’s ironic that the very tool the BPD hopes will suppress these kinds of actions will, thanks to FOIA and a little crowdfunding, allow the event to live on forever.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: BINJ, Black Lives Matter, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police, BPD, Emily Hopkins, FOIA, freedom of information, MuckRock

HEIST ANXIETY: THE MYTH OF MASS MEDIA OUTRAGE OVER STOLEN ART

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 26, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

There is an unhealthy divide in the Boston media in which a handful of mega outlets dominate the narrative, rarely allowing information from the lower rung to penetrate.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Art, art theft, Boston, Boston art theft, Boston Globe, Boston Police, BPL, Charles Brooks, Charlie Baker, FBI. BPD, Gardner, LACMA, NECN, Rembrandt, WBZ

SPEK OF GENIUS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 31, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Mass graffiti martyr resurrects for his debut solo show

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Adam Brandt, Boston, Boston Police, CAYPE, graffiti, jail, Mass graf, Salem, spek

A NECESSARY DISRUPTION FOR BOSTON

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 12, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

While you were celebrating or begrudging the Olympics news, a group of protesters has made its debut.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #HowDisruptive, Boston Olympics, Boston Police, BPD, Emily Hopkins, Ferguson, Michael Brown, protest season

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM RANKS, BPD IS CLUELESS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 6, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

"The protests, demonstrations and riots, well this too shall pass. That is of course until the next one."

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Black Lives Matter, Boston Police, BPD, BPD Commissioner Evans, BPPA, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Occupy Boston, Pax Centurion, protests

OFFICIALS PREP FOR FIRST NIGHT BOSTON, CLAIM PROTESTERS ARE OUT-OF-TOWNERS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 30, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The commissioner’s condescension didn’t end with the dismissal of citizen engagement.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Police, BPD, City Hall, Commissioner Evans, First Night, First Night Against Police Brutality, First Night Against the War, mayor Marty Walsh, new years eve, police brutality, press conference

BOSTON TROLLING (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They’re asserting a general police power to capture anybody’s image and process it for law enforcement purposes just in case they later turn out to be guilty of something. That’s not OK.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2004 Democratic National Convention, ACLU, Alex Marthews, Big Brother, Bill Oates, Bill Owens, Boston, boston calling, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Police, BPD, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, City Hall, Cognos, COPLINK, Department of Innovation and Technology, Department of Transportation, DiMasi, DNC, DoIT, Ed Davis, Face Capture, FBI, IBM, innovation, Joanthan Riley, Joe Pesatro, JTTF, Kade Crockford, Kate Norton, Kenneth Lipp, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, Minority Report, MIT, MIVIS, MONUM, OCPF, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Smart Cities, South Boston, surveillance, Tom Menino

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