While you were celebrating or begrudging the Olympics news, a group of protesters has made its debut.
BPD
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM RANKS, BPD IS CLUELESS
"The protests, demonstrations and riots, well this too shall pass. That is of course until the next one."
BOSTON COP BEATS UBER DRIVER, STEALS CAR
An off-duty Boston Police Department officer appears to have had a doozy of a ride home from the North End this morning.
HERE’S WHAT A PRO-COP RALLY IN BOSTON LOOKS LIKE
“Nobody is telling the truth. These people are all walking around with their hands up and they’re totally lying."
OFFICIALS PREP FOR FIRST NIGHT BOSTON, CLAIM PROTESTERS ARE OUT-OF-TOWNERS
The commissioner’s condescension didn’t end with the dismissal of citizen engagement.
THE PROTESTS ARE ONLY BEGINNING; MIGHT AS WELL GET TO KNOW THE ACTIVISTS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AROUND BOSTON
MEDIA FARM: WHY IS THE BOSTON GLOBE PRETENDING THAT POLICE VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS?
Image of stop-and-frisk outside the Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Ave in Dorchester (Nov. ’14)
Just a few months ago, the Boston Globe informed us of an ACLU study about the epidemic of stop-and-frisk in the Hub. From their reporting:
Boston police officers disproportionately ...
MEDIA FARM: EVEN WITH FERGUSON BACKDROP, MASS MEDIA BARELY REPORTS COPS GETTING AWARDS FOR FATAL SHOOTINGS
Image of Denis Reynoso courtesy of Jessica Spinney
On Thursday, DigBoston ran the following headline on our website: GOVERNOR PATRICK ...
GOVERNOR PATRICK GIVES AWARD TO COPS WHO SHOT AND KILLED VETERAN
It seems almost too ridiculous to be true. Or at least too insensitive.
CLEANING OUT OUR POST-ELECTION CLOSET
Cute dogs go viral for a change, John Oliver smacks state legislatures, Breitbart is dead but still incredibly dumb, and the Facebook movie is a lie