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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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TRUMP NUTS, COPS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS, POLITICAL PERFORMERS CLASH IN COPLEY

Written by KEIKO HIROMI Posted October 19, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Those who follow conservative media may have already viewed bogus reports from the scene written by people who don’t understand (or care to understand) political theater or satire.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, cops, Police, protests, Trump

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.

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

PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS REVEAL ARLINGTON’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES RESPONSE TO POLICE CONTROVERSY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Like in any donnybrook, there are countless angles and competing arguments in play. The documents that we obtained provide a much deeper insight into why certain decisions were made regarding developments including Pedrini’s employment and the town’s use of the restorative justice (RJ) process, which is traditionally designed as “a system that focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the larger community.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, C4RJ, cops, District Attorney, Drug War, Islamophobia, Jamarhl Crawford, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Pedrini, Police, Prison Policy Initiative, Restorative Justice, rlington, Watertown

SPECIAL FEATURE: RESTORATIVE RUCKUS

Written by LAURA KIESEL Posted June 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Arlington’s attempt to mitigate a police department controversy causes more distress for some concerned residents

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: arlington, Boston, C4RJ, cops, District Attorney, Drug War, Islamophobia, Jamarhl Crawford, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Pedrini, Police, Prison Policy Initiative, Restorative Justice, Watertown

ONLY TIME AND TAPE WILL TELL

Written by EOIN HIGGINS Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Will New Bedford finally find out what happened to Malcolm Gracia?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Brisson, cops, Malcolm Gracia, New Bedford, Police, shooting

SOME BACKGROUND ON THE WAR ON RACHAEL ROLLINS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

Other than some Trump-supporting scoundrels and police who get paid lavishly to make appearances in court after arresting people on small crimes, I don’t know anybody else who thinks the legal system ought to regress. In Suffolk or anyplace else.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police, BPD, cops, court, Dan Conley, District Attorney, Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins, Suffolk County

GROSS POINTS BLANK: BOSTON’S TOP COP SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE BASHING THE ACLU

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 27, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mayor Walsh announcing William Gross as new police commissioner from July 2018 via City of Boston

 

BPD Commissioner William Gross has had a bad few days. Last week, ACLU Massachusetts sued the city of Boston for using “a system—nicknamed the ‘gang packet’—which awards points for choice of clothes and social media selfies, and [is] used to designate ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Apparent Horizon, BPD, Column, cops, database, gang, Jason Pramas, news, Police, Politics, racial profiling, report

PROPS FOR THE SHOP THAT DROPPED UBER COP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm

In the past two weeks alone, the Dig has been excited to see several stories that we first dug into, in some cases with help from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, that have since been picked up by the larger mainstream media.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: articles, Big City, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, BPD, cops, Dig, DigBoston, FCC, Journalism, media, Police, radio, Uber

SEX, CONSENT AND CUSTODY

Written by KORI FEENER Posted March 1, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Is there a loophole in Mass law that helps cops who rape perps?

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Brian Butler, Consent, cops, criminology, custody, Northeastern, Peter Manning, Philip Stinson, Police, Salem

SHIRLEY, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A reporter’s fight to learn more about harassment in a small town’s police department

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, cops, Critical Mass, harassment, Mass, Massachusetts, Police, public records, Shirley, shirley police, William Galvin

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