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By WBUR Reporters WBUR Reporters A small crowd of demonstrators gathered in Fields Corner on Saturday to reiterate calls for justice for survivors and families of police violence, just days after a jury’s conviction of a former officer in one of the most high-profile murder trials in recent memory. The April 24 event hosted by a local activist group, Mass Action Against Police Brutality, drew a few dozen protesters to Doherty Playground in Fields Corner. It began at around 1 p.m. The demons...

Brock Satter addresses about 100 protesters at the Mass. Action Against Police Brutality rally and march in Fields Corner. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) A small crowd of demonstrators gathered in Dorchester to reiterate calls for justice for survivors and families of police violence Saturday, just days after a jurys conviction of a former officer in one of the most high-profile murder trials in recent memory. The event, hosted by the prominent local activist group, Mass Action Against Police Brutality, dr...