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HARSH PENALTIES FOR HARSH TRUTHS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s obvious that Ryan is looking for revenge and retribution, not justice, especially considering the fact that two of the remaining defendants were street medics who were not in the road.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Curtatone, DigBoston, Direct action, harassment, I-93, Medford, Middlesex DA, Milton, Nicole Sullivan, Oregon, police brutality, police violence, threats

ONE YEAR LATER: I SAT ON I-93 BECAUSE POLICE ARE KILLING BLACK PEOPLE IN MY NAME—IT’S REALLY THAT SIMPLE

Written by NICOLE SULLIVAN Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For months following our action, the biggest news outlets in Boston questioned whether our protest should be considered attempted murder, lamented the traffic we caused, and even called for us to be treated as domestic terrorists.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Curtatone, DigBoston, Direct action, harassment, I-93, Medford, Middlesex DA, Milton, Nicole Sullivan, Oregon, police brutality, police violence, threats

ON THE GROUND AT #ENOUGHISENOUGH, FROM BOSTON COMMON TO EVERYWHERE IT TAKES US

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 5, 2014 Filed Under: News

Images by Chris Faraone

 

It was inevitable that some kind of protest mix involving numerous fronts — housing, homelessness, fair wages, etc. — would culminate in the kind of HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THIS BOSTON? moment that is currently underway downtown.

 

 

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: #enoughisenough, #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis

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