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.
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
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
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
Community responds to DA’s decision regarding alleged police brutality incident at RCC Wednesday, September 21, 2011 By: Colneth Smiley Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley’s statement that Boston Police officers did not use excessive force when arresting a 16-year-old last year has Roxbury … Continued
Beaten firefighter’s acquittal bolsters cover-up claim BRUISED AND BATTERED: Wayne Abron, with his then-girlfriend Edwinna Wynn, shows his injuries from a March 2008 incident THE BOSTON HERALD | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 By: Jessica Van Sack A Boston firefighter who alleged … Continued
1995 Beating by Boston Police Highlights Dangers for Black Undercover Officers By Wil Haygood Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 21, 2009 BOSTON — This old city has long been bewitched and enlivened by the racial dynamics of black and … Continued
Probe targets cops over missing drugs Evidence was stored in BPD warehouse The Boston Herald | Saturday, January 5, 2008 By: O’Ryan Johnson Some 700 bags of drugs are missing from a Hyde Park evidence warehouse, a 14-month-long audit has revealed, and … Continued