
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
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.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS
There’s no difference between someone making a cowardly attempt to sound moderate on the subject, and the people writing the kind of shit I copied from Twitter and pasted below.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
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.
Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
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
Written by DANIEL KAUFMAN Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
“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.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
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.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
"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."
Written by BRANDON SODERBERG Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, NEWS+OPINIONS
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.
Written by BAYNARD WOODS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis
While the press drools over Trump gossip, serious battles go unnoticed