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WHAT PEOPLE (DON’T) TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT POLICE IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 8, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Of course not all cops are bad. But the fact that people feel like they have to begin all condemnations of corrupt police with that preamble is a testament to just how many rotten law enforcement officers there are, and to the way that many of them take out their aggression on those who point out the obvious, all evidence of their atrocities be damned.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: ACLU, Boston, BPD, Police, stop and frisk

BLACK AND BLUE: THE DUELING WAYS OF VIEWING COP BEHAVIOR IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 19, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the blue view, Boston is the bright exemption when it comes to rampant bad behavior on the force, and police here typically respect the civil rights of residents.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Police Department, Boston police headquarters, Burrell Ramsey-White, Ferguson, mass action against police violence, Missouri, NYPD, police brutality, Protest, shootings, stop and frisk

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