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EDITORIAL: RESIST ICE & BORDER PATROL IMMIGRATION RAIDS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 17, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sadly, appeals to reason don’t stop reactionary media outlets like the Boston Herald from telegraphing the falsehoods being spread by ICE and pals.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Border Patrol, Boston Somerville, DigBoston, editorial, ice, immigration, Jason Pramas, Marian Ryan, Rachael Rollins, sanctuary cities, SWAT, Trump

SPECIAL FEATURE: ATTACK OF THE PEACE POLICE

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted June 7, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Despite cries from advocates and experts, heavily armed SWAT teams are increasingly deployed to nonviolent protests in Mass

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Caribbean Festival, Cato Institute, crowd control, Police, protests, Seth Kershner, SWAT

MASSACHUSETTS SUPER TROOPERS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 19, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No matter how many bullets they shoot or dangerous arrests they may make, those who cover up atrocities and fortify a system that coddles the family and friends of the powerful are pathetic and weak next to the few who facilitate transparency.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Charlie Baker, corruption, judge, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, National Anthem, NFL, state police, SWAT

SMALL TOWN SWAT TEAM: A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE ‘MILITARIZATION OF MAYBERRY’ IN MASS

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted November 17, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

An analysis of hundreds of pages of police records shows that small town police departments are amassing enormous arsenals, use SWAT in ways that go beyond their original mission, and are sometimes unable to properly select and train officers.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, 1033, ACLU, Commonwealth, cops, FOIA, force, Ludlow, Massachusetts, MRAP, NTOA, police militarization, SWAT

OPERATION INTIMIDATION IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A noise complaint in Haverhill might lead to an armored truck on your doorstep

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Critical Mass, Haverhill, Maya Shaffer, militarization, militarized police, MRAP, NECN, Police, SWAT

OREGON TALE: BACK TO THE RANCH

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 3, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

With an armed militia making headlines in the Wild West, an East Coast writer recalls his journey through the culture and mountains keeping America's attention

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: armed militias, Burns, Cliven Bundy, FBI, federal forests, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, militiamen, Oregon, Ranchers, SWAT

SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted November 5, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Andover, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boxford, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dracut, FOIA, freedom of information, Gloucester, Haverhill, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, Lowell, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, militarized police, Nahant, NEMLEC, New England. Lynn. Lynnfield, Newburyport, newton, North Shore, records, Rowley, Salem, Secretary of State, SOMERVILLE, Swampscott, SWAT, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Washington Post, Weston, Wilmington

SWAT STICKER: EXCLUSIVE DOCS REVEAL 34-MAN DEPLOYMENT TO DALAI LAMA VISIT PLUS OTHER COSTLY AND EXTREME POLICE TACTICS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 7, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Whether the Lama requested a goon squad and an armored tank on wheels is unknown.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, ACLU Mass, Dalai Lama, Dunstable, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Kade Crockford, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, LEC, MuckRock, NEMLEC, newton, nonprofit corporation, Radley Balko, Suffolk Superior, SWAT, transparency, Waltham, Washington Post

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