Season 5 Finale! Today on East to West, we cover landlords charging student tenants illegal fees, Boston University’s reaction to the result of the Derek Chauvin trial, a demonstration against...
Mass Action Against Police Brutality organized an emergency press conference Thursday to protest the Sunday killing of Daunte Wright by police. More than 100 activists gathered at the Massachusetts State...
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.
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.
“We're not going back to that period of time where people just look the other way, and these deaths were swept under the rug,” organizer Brock Satter said. “We need to demand these cases be reopened, these officers and all these officials be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
As a part of Mayor Walsh's declaration of racism as a public health crisis, $12 million of the Boston Police Department's budget will be reallocated to community services.
Police brutality is a deeply personal, urgent and immediate threat to so many BU students. The University’s silence begs the question: does BU care about its Black students?
