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BLACK AND BLUE: THE DUELING WAYS OF VIEWING COP BEHAVIOR IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 19, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the blue view, Boston is the bright exemption when it comes to rampant bad behavior on the force, and police here typically respect the civil rights of residents.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Police Department, Boston police headquarters, Burrell Ramsey-White, Ferguson, mass action against police violence, Missouri, NYPD, police brutality, Protest, shootings, stop and frisk

STRAIGHT OUTTA CORPORATE

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted August 20, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Film

That’s why it’s all a mixed message, one old and radical, one new and corporate-friendly—fuck tha police, yes, but buy some Beats headphones, too.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Aldis Hodge, Billy Fox, Corey Hawkins, F Gary Gray, Ferguson, Jason Mitchell, Michael Brown, N.W.A., Neil Brown Jr, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Paul Giamatti, police officers, Straight Outta Compton

BLACK DIALOGUE: INTELLIGENT MISCHIEF AND THE SUMMER OF RADICAL IMAGINATION

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted May 22, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

"How do we build here, in the city, and what are your ideas around that?”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, #BlackSpring, Activism, Black Body Survival Guide, Chrislene DeJean, detroit, Ferguson, Intelligent Mischief, Parable of the Sower, Terry Marshall, Trayvon Martin

YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Meet the crusaders battling for everyone’s right to record cops in the commonwealth…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU of Massachusetts, ademo freeman, amherst, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, blarney blowout, Boston, BPD, carlos miller, Cop Block, copblock, Fall River, Ferguson, Film the Police, Franklin County, jesus arocho, marv, Massachusetts, miami, Motorhome Diaries, New Hampshire, pete eyre, PINAC, Police, police brutality, recording, recording cops, recording police, scott p. livingstone, Simon Glik, south carolina, Springfield, tyrisha greene

ZINN, FERGUSON, AND TRUTH

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The truth is damning enough.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Black Lives Matter, BLM, DeRay McKesson, Ferguson, Howard Zinn, Johnetta Elzie, Missouri, newsletter, protests

SCREAMING RADIO

Written by MIKE CANN Posted March 18, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

On the conservative Internets, there’s no such thing as racism ...

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Adriana Cohen, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston Herald Radio, Ferguson, Michael Brown, Mike Cann, Politics, President Obama, protests, racism, Tom Shattuck

A NECESSARY DISRUPTION FOR BOSTON

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 12, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

While you were celebrating or begrudging the Olympics news, a group of protesters has made its debut.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #HowDisruptive, Boston Olympics, Boston Police, BPD, Emily Hopkins, Ferguson, Michael Brown, protest season

HERE’S WHAT A PRO-COP RALLY IN BOSTON LOOKS LIKE

Written by BILL HAYDUKE Posted January 4, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Nobody is telling the truth. These people are all walking around with their hands up and they’re totally lying."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bill Evans, Black Lives Matter, Boston protest, BPD, Dorchester, Ferguson, hands up, Police, pro-cop, pro-police rally, procop

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

THE PROTESTS ARE ONLY BEGINNING; MIGHT AS WELL GET TO KNOW THE ACTIVISTS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AROUND BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 14, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Images by Chris Faraone unless otherwise noted

 

First some disclaimers for positive measure …

 

This post is not intended to suggest or imply either bonds or divisions between movements or organizations. Members of some groups we included may have ideological differences with ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Blackstonian, body cameras, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, civilian review board, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Mass State Police, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, propaganda, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis

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