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Boston Activists Declare "Freedom Winter"; March for #BlackLivesMatter On MLK Day

23 January 2015 - 11:09pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman and Leonardo March

BOSTON – A peaceful but determined group of approximately one thousand marchers took to the streets of Boston on Martin Luther King Day to call for an end to police brutality, a redirection of public funds from prisons to schools, and a living wage for all workers, among other demands.

Noting that demonstrators were all wearing hats, gloves and heavy coats, and emphasizing the importance of remembering history, organizer Brock Satter referred to the new anti-racism movement as “freedom winter.”

#BlackLivesMatter Campaign Moving Forward: Organizers Plan MLK Day March; Solidarity Activists Shut Down Highway

16 January 2015 - 6:51pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman

BOSTON - Thursday, January 15th – the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s actual birthday - certainly was a day of contrasting styles and strategies around civil disobedience. Early in the morning, scores of activists essentially risked their lives to block rush hour traffic on Route 93 in order to protest brutality by police against people of color. In the afternoon, organizers announced plans for a march through the streets of downtown Boston during the Martin Luther King Day holiday.

MA Incarceration Trends Have People Urging “Jobs Not Jails”

19 December 2014 - 3:42am | superuser
by Tara García Mathewson

BOSTON - Massachusetts incarcerates a higher portion of its population than nearly every country in the world. In fact, according to statistics from the International Centre for Prison Studies and US incarceration data, only a handful of countries with more than half a million people have higher incarceration rates: Thailand, Panama, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, the Russian Federation, Rwanda and Cuba.

Full Text of Boston Police Department Statement on ACLU Stop and Frisk Report

10 October 2014 - 11:25pm | superuser
by Boston Police Department

Editor's Note: The following statement from the Boston Police Department was sent to Open Media Boston by Sergeant Michael P. McCarthy, director of the BPD Office of Media Relations, in response to our request for comment on a 10/9/14 rally held by the new Boston Coalitition for Police Accountability and allied organizations following the release of the American Civil Liberties Union's report on BPD stop and frisk policies.

Magoun Square is Changing

14 March 2014 - 11:19pm | superuser
by Somerville Neighborhood News

Somerville, Mass. - Magoun Square resident Melody Chapin is not Brazilian. But, she told Somerville Neighborhood News, “I’m in solidarity with the Brazilians who are having a hard time keeping their businesses up.” As Chapin walked around Magoun Square recently, she stopped by a Nepali-owned grocery store and bought a Brazilian soda at her favorite bakery, but she also found shuttered shops and boarded-up windows.

Cape Verdean Family Accuses Brockton Cops of Illegal Entry to Home Excessive Force; Trial Begins Today

15 July 2013 - 3:22am | superuser
by Jonathan Adams

Brockton, Mass. - Officers of the Brockton Police Department are due in court this week in a lawsuit that comes from their handling of a noise complaint in 2008.

A trial is set to begin next week after four family members launched a civil suit in November 2011 against the officers alleging warrantless entry, excessive force, indifference to medical needs, assault and battery, and arrest without probable cause.

If the jury finds in favor, the plaintiffs could be awarded punitive damages and compensation for injuries allegedly received as a result of the police action.

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