Activists marched from Peters Park to Fields Corner Saturday to demand the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd last May.
Dozens of protesters gathered before 1 p.m. at Peters Park two days before the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May.
Television needs to depict the tragedies that have occurred in the unlawful killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black people, instead of making us root for our favorite actors.
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 proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
In its almost 400-year history, Boston has never been a stranger to unrest. Protests began in late May, following the death of George Floyd, and continued until the winter.
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.
