“That’s why we have to keep constructing our own platforms for tricks. We’re a DIY community, so it’s what we’re used to, but it would be great to get support from the state for this—especially since it’s already been promised.”
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
DIG WINS NATIONAL AWARDS FOR POLITICAL COLUMN AND FIRST AMENDMENT JOURNALISM
As shameless as it sometimes feels to celebrate awards, it’s also true that journalists are underpaid, underappreciated, and in some cases even relentlessly harassed because of their work.
GEORGE CRONIN (1937—2019)
Mass has lost an incredible guy and one of the state’s great institutional memories
TJM X GTFO: ROCKY MOUNTAIN RECAP
I didn’t go to Colorado for the weed, but if I had it would have been worth it—even from Boston
SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY
Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? Will the addition of another career prosecutor tilt the Mass parole board away from second chances?
JAILED FOR A MEDICAL GROW
Hull police targeted a couple for cannabis. Now the feds are pushing for a serious sentence.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE FIGHT FOR LIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Bay State has a fraught history of sentencing people to serve life without parole. Now lawmakers have a chance to end the bad deal Beacon Hill made to trade the death penalty for natural life sentences.
CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT
It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE
Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing
