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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

GUEST OP-ED: LOUD MAJORITY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Fighting for civil rights before, during, and after Inauguration Day

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, DC, Democrats, Donald Trump, Drug War, Elizabeth Warren, grassroots, Inauguration, January 20, January 21, neoliberalism, New York, POTUS, protests, Republicans, Washington DC, Women's March

TEMPORARY RADICALS? DISAFFECTED DEMS NEED TO STAY IN THE STREETS AFTER THE GOP MENACE IS BEATEN BACK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 27, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

As long as the new Republican administration remains somewhere within the bounds of traditional American politics, there is a lot of room for the full panoply of transformative social movements to maneuver.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, DC, Democrats, Donald Trump, Drug War, Elizabeth Warren, grassroots, neoliberalism, New York, POTUS, protests, Republicans

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