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THE DEFENSE OF OFFENSE: DOCUMENTS REVEAL ‘JUSTIFICATION’ FOR MASS POLICE MILITARIZATION
Eric Garner
DO THE RIGHT THING: THE HORROR SHOW FRAMING THE KILLING OF USAAMAH RAHIM
His family wanted to get their story on the record, and it was no surprise.
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."
THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION
Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.
FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT
“All it takes is one push.”
The police were out numbered many times over last week, and that’s all it would have taken to push past them and lead the masses onto an on-ramp and beyond. The two men having this conversation, in a way pleading those surrounding them to nudge ahead, were ...
DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES
Images by Chris Faraone
You should probably ignore any individual or lone reporter who attempts to inform you about the demonstrations that snaked through Boston, Cambridge, and even a few corners of Somerville last night.
Like me, those folks may have witnessed segments of the ...
#ENOUGHISENOUGH: RALLY FOR JUSTICE SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH BOSTON COMMON TREE LIGHTING
Photo By Jacob Leidolf
On Thursday, December 4, Boston’s 73rd annual official tree lighting takes place in the Boston Common from 6 to 8 p.m. But, honestly, who right now gives a shit about a glowing Nova Scotian sapling?
Yesterday marked the end of the criminal case against New York police ...
