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Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday. 108 people were arrested at a tent encampment in a public alley adjacent to Emerson College Thursday morning. COURTESY OF DAVID YEUNG

Impact of student arrests at Emerson College ripples through campuses in Greater Boston

Leia Green April 26, 2024
Arrests at Emerson College on Thursday have shaken the student body and neighboring Boston colleges after police swarmed an encampment organized by students and community members in solidarity with Palestine.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors March 23, 2021
The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.
Boston police officers at Boston Common

New report finds Boston Police Department lags in reform

Anna Stjernquist March 1, 2021
The report found department spending on oversight and community engagement decreased while spending on traditional policing initiatives — those focused on investigation and arrest — increased.
The Boston University Police Department. Crime and safety statistics released last month provide a look at trends for the past decade. ANNALYN KUMAR/ DFP FILE

A look at the past decade of campus crime statistics

Samantha Kizner October 24, 2019
Statistics from the past decade of reports show trends in crimes such as burglaries, liquor and drug law violations, and aggravated assaults.

EDIT: Can Obama just pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform?

Daily Free Press Admin September 19, 2013

While the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill collects dust in the House, undocumented immigration activists are ramping up protests. Seven such immigration reform activists were arrested Wednesday for...

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