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Michael Brown

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

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

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

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

MEDIA FARM: EVEN WITH FERGUSON BACKDROP, MASS MEDIA BARELY REPORTS COPS GETTING AWARDS FOR FATAL SHOOTINGS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 21, 2014 Filed Under: News

Image of Denis Reynoso courtesy of Jessica Spinney

 

On Thursday, DigBoston ran the following headline on our website: GOVERNOR PATRICK ...  read more

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BPD, Coppinger, Denis Reynoso, Deval Patrick, Ferguson, John Blodgett, McMullen, Michael Brown, Missouri, police brutality, state police, State Troopers

GOVERNOR PATRICK GIVES AWARD TO COPS WHO SHOT AND KILLED VETERAN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: News

It seems almost too ridiculous to be true. Or at least too insensitive.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BPD, Coppinger, Denis Reynoso, Deval Patrick, Ferguson, McMullen, Michael Brown, Missouri, police brutality, state police, State Troopers

DIG THIS: NEWBURY STREET SHUTDOWN + ELECTRIC MASQUERADE + SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE

Written by DIG INTERN Posted October 21, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

What to do, where to do it.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Aditi Brennan Kapil, ARCH Gallery, Art Spiegelman, Black Lives Matter Boston, Brahma, Cirque of the Dead, CompanyOne, Electric Masquerade, Graphic Novel, Guinness, Halloween, James Joyce, Michael Brown, Newbury, Newbury Street Shutdown, Oberon, Owen McCafferty, Phillip Johnston, Ringley Brothers, Scenes from The Big Picture, Shiva, Solas Nua, SOMERVILLE, the brain trust, The Burren, The Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy, The ICA, The Walking Dead, Vishnu, wonder bar, Wordless

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