When cases of police brutality appear on video, the local media tend to shut off their collective critical thinking skills and even side with the police. The coverage of the now-infamous video of off-duty Boston Police Department officer Edward Barrett attacking a pedestrian who hurt his feelings is a prime example of why you […]
STRANGE WEBFELLOWS: BOSTONIANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER BIG APPLE IN FIGHT FOR ‘ALL PHONES’
“[This] will change forever not just how the government engages with technology companies, but how technology companies engage with us.”
MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO
I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.
