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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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As part of a longstanding controversy beginning in December, Northeastern students and city officials expressed their disapproval of the Northeastern Police Department training their officers with semi-automatic weapons Monday. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Councilors and Northeastern University continue battle over semi-automatic weapons

Paige Smith March 4, 2016

At a City Council meeting Monday, students from Northeastern University and members of the Boston community gathered to discuss recent policy changes regarding the university’s police department...

The Northeastern University Police Department's policy to equip officers with semi-automatic rifles will launch mid-December. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

City Councilors Zakim and Jackson respond to Northeastern’s use of semi-automatic rifles

Kennedy Davis December 15, 2015

In response to a recent decision to equip Northeastern University police officers with semi-automatic rifles, City Councilors Josh Zakim and Tito Jackson wrote a letter Thursday to the president of the...

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