Working to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights. Reforms must address issues in policing including racial discrimination/profiling, diversity, excessive/deadly force and corruption.
All across the United States citizens, voters and taxpayers are demanding that local and state police departments are reformed to better handle excessive force, deadly force and corruption. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts needs serious police reform in policies and practices.
Black and Latino caucus members discuss police reform legislation By: Yawu Miller | 12/23/2014 Baystate Banner With police practices facing scrutiny across the U.S., Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus members are poised to push for a package of criminal justice … Continued
55 killings by cops in decade, no indictments Critics call for impartial DAs, others say no issue Sunday, December 14, 2014 Bob McGovern More than 50 civilians have been killed by Bay State cops during the past decade, roughly half … Continued
Gov. Patrick Awards Lynn Cops Who Killed Latino Veteran In Lynn Editor’s note: A bad move by Gov. Deval Patrick and part of a trend of honoring and awarding officers who are linked to high profile cases. This is a … Continued
BOSTON (CBS) – A South Boston woman is accused of breaking into the home of her ex-boyfriend, a Boston Police officer, and attacking him and another woman. Mary Niland faced a judge, bruised and battered and said she was the … Continued
Boston gang-unit officer charged with lying to FBI By Milton J. Valencia GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 24, 2014 A former Boston police officer assigned to a Youth Violence Strike Force was charged in federal court Thursday with making false statements to … Continued
LOCAL INCIDENTS OF OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING DEATHS This list is a compilation of cases from Boston and beyond. Including: Cambridge, Framingham, Lynn and the Cape. Each incident is the responsibility of that Police Department, but is indicative of a Statewide … Continued
Few police abuse cases find way to civilian review Yawu Miller | Baystate Banner | 2/26/2014, 11:06 a.m. Seven years after the city established a civilian board to review allegations of police abuse, the board remains largely powerless, ineffective and … Continued
Clearing the cops Do district attorneys rubber-stamp police use of deadly force? BY: JACK SULLIVAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY: FRANK CURRAN AND MARK MORELLI; ILLUSTRATION BY RAFAEL RICOY ISSUE: WINTER 2014 FROM THE TINY TOWN of Colrain at the Vermont border to … Continued
Police shoot more often in Mass., cite rise in threats A five-year trend, even as overall crime is down By Maria CramerGLOBE STAFF JANUARY 05, 2014 At least 23 people were shot by police in Massachusetts in 2013 — 11 … Continued