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
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS: FOR BLACK GUN ADVOCATES IN PURPLE MASS, CRITICISM COMES IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
“With the political turmoil in this country right now, I just take people policy by policy where I can,” Salomon says. “Where I can’t, I just keep it moving.
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2
In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.
SPECIAL FEATURE: FIRE SALE PT. 1
“The participating state agencies sought proposals from makers and distributors of everything from practice ammo and targets, to handguns, silencers, tasers, tear gas, chemical munitions, pepperball launchers, dart guns, gas masks, and ballistic blankets.”
DRUG WARRIORS: CIA-CONTRA COCAINE CONSPIRACY FALL GUY “FREEWAY” RICKY ROSS TALKS OLIVER NORTH
As outrageous amounts of cocaine entered the country, guys like Ross bought and sold it, and the boys below him cooked it up and sold it as crack, creating an epidemic in neighborhoods that cops couldn’t give a shit about—at least until they could arrest everybody for the drugs the government allowed into the country with a wink and a nod.
DO #BLACKLIVESMATTER TO THE #RESISTANCE?
While the press drools over Trump gossip, serious battles go unnoticed
NRA-AFFILIATED LOBBYIST WALKS THROUGH BAKER’S REVOLVING DOOR
Amidon’s appointment went through with little fanfare or controversy. Of more than a half-dozen reports reviewed by the Shoestring on the subject, only one noted that GOAL is an NRA affiliate, while none acknowledged its lobbying efforts.
CONFRONTING THE DEATH CULT
Before Chicago rapper Vic Mensa performed at the March for Our Lives, he mentioned Sacramento’s Stephon Clark, shot 20 times by police in his own backyard on March 18, holding a cell phone that cops claim they thought was a gun.
A RECKONING FOR RESTAURANTS IN BOSTON AND EVERYWHERE
This is what happens when you mess with the Mass service industry
