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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

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CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 19, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, Sandy Hook, state police

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

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Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, state police, stun guns, Taser, Tasers

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 22, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, state police

SPECIAL FEATURE: FIRE SALE PT. 1

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 27, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

"The participating state agencies sought proposals from makers and distributors of everything from practice ammo and targets, to handguns, silencers, tasers, tear gas, chemical munitions, pepperball launchers, dart guns, gas masks, and ballistic blankets."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, state police

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