"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."
State Wire: Mass Needs to Reform Youth Restitution Policies
Police
Boston Gets Police Commissioner Who Bad Cops Likely Loathe. Let’s See How This Goes
If anyone can turn this department of bad apples into cider, it’s this guy
Inbox: “Black Youth File Racial Profiling Complaint Against Medford Police”
“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.”
THE BOSTON POLICE UNION WANTS YOU TO THANK A COP
In case you were wondering just how out of touch with reality these people are
THE OTTAWA FREEDOM CONVOY OCCUPATION: A LOCAL ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE
Interview with the Punch Up Collective
THAT TIME COPS SET BOSTON ON FIRE
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.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT GRANT RAISED ISSUES OF EQUITY
The Somerville City Council voted to not approve the award
POLICE REFORM IS COMING. IF YOU WANT IT?
Wu pushes police reform in Boston, police push for Work and Family Mobility Act on Beacon Hill
RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT PLANS FOR SOMERVILLE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
An increased police presence does not necessarily make people feel safer
A WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MASS
“We don’t go into things looking to file lawsuits, but when we feel like people have not followed the law, we challenge them.”
