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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Canceled: Concepts of terrorism

Bini Ollivier-Yamin January 24, 2021
It’s important the crowd of mangy white supremacists who broke into the Capitol a few weeks ago are labeled as terrorists. But do the same for the cops letting them into the building and posing for selfies, the cops participating in the insurrection and the cops who engage in acts of terrrorism on the daily.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker proposed a bill on June 17 that would require police officers in the state to get licensed and recertified every three years. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Baker proposes bill to certify all Mass. police

Inyeong Kim June 21, 2020
Massachusetts is one of four states in the U.S. without a certification or decertification process for its police force. Gov. Baker's new bill may change that.
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: Blue Lives Matter is a sad defense of white supremacy

Hannah Bohn February 27, 2020
The Blues Lives Matter movement needs to be seen through its true colors: a justification of discriminatory policing and a support of racial profiling. 
Locals express concern about the lack of transparency in the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPD body camera pilot program extension results in controversy

Till Kaeslin March 21, 2017

The six-month extension of the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program, announced March 13 by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, proved controversial, with the Boston Police Department speaking out in favor of the...

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