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Jamarhl Crawford

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

THE UNPOPULAR FIGHT AGAINST FAMILY SEPARATION IN MASS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 19, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We are not revisionists or caught in some anti-feminist fantasy, where all men are without blame. There are men who shirk their duties, are abusive and all the rest. What we are saying is that the court must take everything on a case by case basis."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: children, For Fathers, Jamarhl Crawford, kids, probate court, separation

INSANE CLOWN POLI

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted October 22, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

When Payaso shows up to forums in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan in particular, how can he properly address a mother who has lost her son to gun violence? Or at the hands of the police? Can he hold a serious conversation in clown gear?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, bospoli, Boston, Boston City Council, City Hall, Jamarhl Crawford, Kevin McCrea, Pat Payaso, Roxbury

GUEST OP-ED: WALSH ADMINISTRATION PLAYS THE SAME OLD RACE CONVERSATION GAME

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted December 14, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The voice that was missing, and that is also the one that is always shut out of these “open” conversations, is again that of the radical, the revolutionary.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Boston, Blackstonian, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston Resilient Cities, busing, CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE, eugenics, Jamarhl Crawford, malcolm x, mayor Marty Walsh, My Brother's Keeper, Police Commissioner William Evans, race, race in Boston, race talks, Rockefeller, Roxbury

SPIN MASTERS: JEFF ROSS ROAST COOKS THE FACTS

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted September 28, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The overriding concern here is that the BPD once again proved itself masterful at misrepresenting facts, and of presenting officers in a positive media light.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, Blackstonian, Boston Police, BPD, BPD Headquarters, BPPA, comedy central, Commissioner William Evans, Friars Club, Jamarhl Crawford, Jeff Ross, mayor Marty Walsh, police brutality, police shootings, public relations, Roast, Roastmaster, Roxbury

LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE: ON POLICE CERTIFICATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 22, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Everyone from architects to barbers needs to be licensed in Mass—should police have the same standard?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Blackstonian, Commonwealth, cops, Division of Professional Licensure, DPL, Jamarhl Crawford, licensing, Mass Police Reform, Massachusetts, Police, POST board, professional licensing

GUEST MEDIA FARM: WHO IS KEVIN PETERSON?

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted June 1, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

Peterson is apparently attempting to be seen as an intellectual voice of reason, a behind-the-scenes convener and a major player.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Blackstonian, Boston black leadership, Boston Herald, Boston Media, Center for Collaborative Leadership, Jamarhl Crawford, Kevin C. Peterson, New Democracy Coalition, Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, UMASS-Boston

COPBLOCK’D: THE FIGHT AGAINST POLICE MISCONDUCT IN BOSTON CONTINUES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 21, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Stats suggest, activists, and outside experts agree: There will never be accountability for BPD so long as cops police themselves

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, Blackstonian, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, Dianne Wilkerson, Howard Friedman, IAD, Jamarhl Crawford, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Natasha Tidwell, police brutality, Rashaan Hall, St. Clair Commission, statistics

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