In the past weeks we have launched 3 new websites which will continue to be developed in collaboration with Blackstonian.com. These websites all focus on tracking police misconduct and instituting reforms to prevent discipline it. MassPoliceReform.org Mass Police Reform works to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights, reforms should […]
RSVP Via Facebook Press: Gallery + Interview: Major Group Art Show Takes Aim at Police Violence 11/11/16 – Come see a selection of work by artists from Boston and beyond addressing the topics of police and policing in the community. Learn more about local movement to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and […]
DigBoston write-up by Chris Faraone with Jacob Leidolf: There’s a city full of walls you can post complaints at. -Mos Def Good luck squeezing Jacob Leidolf into a prescribed box. An artist, programmer, educator, and activist, the Boston native makes a symphony of grassroots noise, whether with his Scope Urban Apparel outfit, which you might […]
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[Via Voices of Liberation] In the wake of yet another killing of a young Black man by Police, this time in St. Louis, we invite you to join us for a Community Town Hall Meeting on police and community relations right here in Boston where BPD have shot and killed more than 20 people in […]
FTP. F*ck the Police. Free the People. Love the Donut. FTP – 11×17 Poster DOWNLOAD Love the Donut – 11×17 Poster DOWNLOAD
‘REGRETTABLE’: This flier for a Suffolk student project drew the ire of Boston police. By Michele McPhee | Monday, April 25, 2011 http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage Boston Police brass and union officials are furious at a Suffolk University Law School student project that the patrolmen’s union is calling “cop-hate baiting at its worst,’’ while the university has […]
Officials promise full disclosure in DaVeiga shooting http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/13/police_investigating_killing_ask_residents_to_be_patient/ Flanked by ministers and priests, activists in the Cape Verdean community, and political leaders, Boston police officials called on residents yesterday to be patient with them as they investigate the death of Manuel “Junior” DaVeiga, who authorities say shot himself in the head. Dozens of city leaders […]
Following the murder of Sean Bell by th NYPD, this poster surfaced to memorialize not only the young life which was taken but remind people of the filthy pigs who did it. In response to the recent shooting death of Manuel “Junior” Da Veiga, age 19, by the Boston Police who have a history of […]
A guard has been posted at gang unit headquarters since a fatal shooting. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) City police have been on high alert and taking unusual safety precautions since Saturday, when the death of a 19-year-old in a shootout with gang unit officers sparked threats of retaliation. Since Sunday, an armored truck from the department’s SWAT […]