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Tainted Drug Evidence Victims Still Waiting For Settlement Payments

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted January 10, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We’ve got a system in place where it’s just, grab this money from mostly poor people, but don’t have mechanisms in place to really account for what’s taken.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: doc, Massachusetts, Police, prison, scandal

Boston, Regional Police Dodge Transparency Ordinance In Bolstering Surveillance Network

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted December 13, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“It’s troubling that nobody deigned to mention this was coming.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 4th Amendment, Boston, Boston City Council, Boston Police, BPD, Police, privacy, surveillance

Arlington Police Detained the Wrong Man. Then They Added Insult To Injury

Written by LAURA KIESEL Posted November 1, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

APD had evidence that their suspect was not involved with human trafficking. That didn’t stop them from pursuing him

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: arlington, cops, features, news, Police, policing

State Wire: Mass Needs to Reform Youth Restitution Policies

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted August 1, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"When restitution is really the only thing keeping a case open, then the focus isn't on the needs underlying a young person's behavior."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: news, news to us, Police, Youth

Boston Gets Police Commissioner Who Bad Cops Likely Loathe. Let’s See How This Goes

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 13, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

If anyone can turn this department of bad apples into cider, it’s this guy

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BPD, news, news to us, Police

Inbox: “Black Youth File Racial Profiling Complaint Against Medford Police”

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 23, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We were unlawfully stopped, handcuffed, and searched at gunpoint not long after the police killings of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: George Floyd, Medford, Medford Police, Police, protests

THE BOSTON POLICE UNION WANTS YOU TO THANK A COP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 7, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

In case you were wondering just how out of touch with reality these people are

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, cops, news, Police

THE OTTAWA FREEDOM CONVOY OCCUPATION: A LOCAL ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 24, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Protestors at the Ottawa Freedom Convoy Occupation. Photo by Ana Krach, Ottawa Graphics via Pixabay. Standard Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.

Interview with the Punch Up Collective

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: anarchism, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, blockade, Canada, Column, convoy, Democracy, Democratic Party, Emergencies Act, far-right, fascism, Freedom Convoy, hard right, insurrection, international, Interview, Jan 6, Jason Pramas, left wing, Liberal Party, military, occupation, Ottawa, Police, Politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Protest, Punch Up Collective, racism, racist, right wing, truck, trucker, United States, usa, white supremacy

THAT TIME COPS SET BOSTON ON FIRE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 20, 2022 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Miller helped take down the “conspiracy of nine men, including three Boston cops and a Boston firefighter” who torched everything from mills to office buildings in the early ’80s.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston, history, Police, throwback

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT GRANT RAISED ISSUES OF EQUITY

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 15, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The Somerville City Council voted to not approve the award

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Police, road, safety, SOMERVILLE, traffic, transportation

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