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Students Demand Action website home page. With the anniversary of the Parkland shooting this Friday, February 14th, the debated issues of gun reform and gun violence among BU political groups are prominent. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Florida students observe Parkland shooting anniversary, BU groups continue gun reform advocacy

Daniela Ginsburg February 14, 2025
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and faculty.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
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.
A California man was arrested after he made 22 threatening calls to the office of The Boston Globe following their editorial campaign defending the free press last month. PHOTO BY HALEY ABRAM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Young journalists still determined after threats made to Boston Globe

Samantha Day September 6, 2018
A man was charged with making calls threatening to shoot and kill reporters at The Boston Globe, the Globe reported. The man, Robert Darrell Chain, reportedly called Globe reporters “the enemy of the people,” following the newspaper’s nationwide editorial campaign protesting President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against the press.
Reports show that Massachusetts police departments nearly doubled their use of electronic weapons, like tasers and stun guns, from 2015 to 2016. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Electronic weapon usage by police nearly doubled in recent years

Camille Mojica March 21, 2018
Recent statistics show that Massachusetts police departments nearly doubled their use of electric weapons, such as Tasers and stun guns, from 2015 to 2016.
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