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.
The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Worcester Police Department (WPD). This civil investigation will assess whether WPD engages in a pattern or practice of excessive force or engages in discriminatory … Continued
To: Attorney General Loretta Lynch To: Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division To: Ronald L. Davis, Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) re: Request to DOJ to investigate and help reform the Boston … Continued
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Boston activists call on DOJ for BPD investigation, reform Caption: Jamarhl Crawford reads the letter he sent to the Department of Justice demanding an investigation into alleged police brutality against minorities in the city. PHOTO Photo: BY NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO In the midst of … Continued
Activists call for US review of Boston police By Meghan E. Irons GLOBE STAFF MAY 05, 2015 Some Roxbury activists and their supporters are appealing to the Justice Department to conduct a top-to-bottom review of Boston’s police force, a move … Continued
What Does It Take for the Feds to Investigate a Police Department? by Sarah Childress | FRONTLINE Enterprise Journalism Group Residents and community activists in Boston have united to file a petition to the Justice Department on Monday, hoping to persuade the federal … Continued
Activists Petition For Federal Investigation Of Boston Police, FRONTLINE Reports By SARAH CHLDRESS Boston Police Headquarters Credit BPD News Residents and community activists in Boston have united to file a petition to the Justice Department on Monday, hoping to persuade the … Continued
Department of Justice Releases Scathing Report on Ferguson As much of the world is shocked and amazed at the revelations detailed in the Department of Justice’s report on Ferguson. For those who have been organizing against police brutality and calling … Continued
Letter to DOJ: Investigate and help reform BPD May 4, 2015 The Honorable Loretta Lynch Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Lynch: The City of Boston … Continued
