Twenty years ago, The Daily Free Press published an editorial accusing the Boston University Police Department of “racial profiling” and a “lack of skill.”
The piece outlined the 1984 killing of 19-year-old Christopher Dignan by a BUPD officer, detailing double-standards extended to University police and noting their routine targeting of minorities on BU’s campus.
The U.S. Department of Justice ordered its Civil Rights Division to pause any ongoing litigation from the Biden administration Jan. 22, bringing several police misconduct investigations to a halt, including one involving the Worcester Police Department.
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground.
The National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter recently filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center for a violation of a public records request regarding a white supremacist march in July 2022.
On April 19, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senator Edward Markey reintroduced their Ending Qualified Immunity Act, legislation aimed to eliminate the unjust and misconduct of government officials.
Sayed Faisal, a 20-year-old University of Massachusetts Boston student, was fatally shot by a Cambridge Police officer Jan. 4, sparking outrage and protests across the city.
Several protests, a memorial and a vigil have taken place in Boston after the death of Tyre Nichols. Protests across the nation are forming in response to the events seen in the police’s body camera footage of their altercation with Nichols, released by the City of Memphis on Jan. 27.
If we are ever to achieve true public safety, we can no longer rely on the BUPD — a violent institution with an egregious history and present of violence and racism.
