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Eric Garner

THE DEFENSE OF OFFENSE: DOCUMENTS REVEAL ‘JUSTIFICATION’ FOR MASS POLICE MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 12, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The public has a brand new window into excessive defense spending

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Bill Evans, Black Lives Matter, Boston Police Department, BPD, Chris Faraone, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Eric Garner, FEMA, Homeland Security, Kade Crockford, Michael Brown

DO THE RIGHT THING: THE HORROR SHOW FRAMING THE KILLING OF USAAMAH RAHIM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 8, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

His family wanted to get their story on the record, and it was no surprise.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, BPD, Brooklyn, Do The Right Thing, Eric Garner, Howie Carr, Joint Terrorism Task Force, NYPD, police brutality, Roslindale, Spike Lee, Usaamah Rahim

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

THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 21, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Boston Common, Chinatown, Darren Wilson, DPH, Eric Garner, Ferguson, gentrification, Israel, Marijuana, Missouri, New York City, organizing, Palestine, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island, year in protest

FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted December 9, 2014 Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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 ...  read more

Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 5, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

#ENOUGHISENOUGH: RALLY FOR JUSTICE SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH BOSTON COMMON TREE LIGHTING

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 4, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, News

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, News Tagged With: #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Common Lighting Ceremony, Boston high school students, Cambridge, Codman Academy, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis

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