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Opinion: Failed American Dream

Written by JYOTI SINHA AND GOWRI VIJAYAKUMAR Posted March 8, 2023 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Photo courtesy of the South Asian Workers' Center

South Asian Workers’ Center activists call for “a different way of imagining justice” in the wake of CPD killing of Sayed Arif Faisal

Seven years ago, Sayed Arif Faisal immigrated to Somerville from Chittagong in Bangladesh. While he studied computer science at UMass Boston, he worked at CVS. His mother worked at Dunkin Donuts, and his father traveled back and forth to Bangladesh for his job.

On Jan 4, 2023, Arif was in ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Bangladeshi community, Cambridge, Cambridge Police Department, criticism, Massachusetts, opinion, police violence, South Asian Workers' Center

PHOTO RECAP: HUNDREDS IN BOSTON MARCH FOR JUSTICE IN BREONNA TAYLOR CASE

Written by DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Posted September 29, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Breonna Taylor, news, news to us, Police, police violence

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

THE PERILS OF HURTING A COP’S FEELINGS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted August 3, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

What does it mean to have a police force that will unleash weapons on its citizens at any whim?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Cleveland, Police, police brutality, police training, police violence, Sandra Bland

SPECIAL FEATURE: TWO-THOUSAND MIFF’TEEN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 3, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

We assume this is the first roundup of 2015, since it’s only June ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, BPD, cannabis, Charlie Baker, City Hall, Deflategate, Deval Patrick, DigBoston, dispensary, Health Connector, Herald, Howie Carr, Marijuana, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, media, NFL, NIC, NoBostonOlympics, Patriots, Police, police violence, State House, Summer Games

HARVARD STUDENTS FLY FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN TO ACKNOWLEDGE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 1, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

388 people in 5 months ...

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Cambridge, harvard, Harvard Yard, police brutality, police killings, police violence, Protest

AND THE AWARD FOR MOST OPPORTUNISTIC USE OF THE BALTIMORE SITUATION FOR CLICKS GOES TO …

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 28, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

In other places, Patch was more reserved in its fraudulence.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baltimore, Freddie Gray, irresponsible journalism, Massachusetts, media, new england, Patch, police brutality, police misconduct, police violence, press, riots

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