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TOO MANY COPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 3, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD officers at 2017 counterprotest against the ultra right. Photo by Dan McCarthy. Modified by Jason Pramas.

Some thoughts about last Saturday’s counterprotest

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchist, antifa, antifascist, Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, BPD, BPPA, Column, cops, counterprotest, criticism, Democracy, fascist, First Amendment, free speech, Jason Pramas, justice, left wing, liberty, mayor Marty Walsh, nazi, Occupy, parade, Police, Protest, ultra right, white supremacist

SPIN MASTERS: JEFF ROSS ROAST COOKS THE FACTS

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted September 28, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The overriding concern here is that the BPD once again proved itself masterful at misrepresenting facts, and of presenting officers in a positive media light.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, Blackstonian, Boston Police, BPD, BPD Headquarters, BPPA, comedy central, Commissioner William Evans, Friars Club, Jamarhl Crawford, Jeff Ross, mayor Marty Walsh, police brutality, police shootings, public relations, Roast, Roastmaster, Roxbury

STATE OF THE POLICE STATE: FROM THE BPD TO THE ACA, IT’S A JAILER’S WORLD—WE JUST SQUIRM IN IT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 9, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The government should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to go on. We need to get real, we need to tell the truth.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACA, American Correctional Association, Black and Pink, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, BPPA, mainstream media, mayor Marty Walsh, police unions, Prison Reform, racism

POLICE UNION ATTORNEY BLAMES INTERNET FOR ALLEGED SENDING OF ‘HARMFUL’ PICTURES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 24, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Some advice for any lawyers out there: If at all possible, avoid saying publicly that you think it’s perfectly OK for grown police officers to send pictures of their genitals to teenagers.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Herald, Boston Police Department, Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, BPD, BPPA, dick pic, O'Ryan Johnson, Pax Centurion, Police, sexting, sexual harassment

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

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