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Juston Root was shot and killed by officers in 2020 after allegedly pulling a gun on an officer near a hospital and fleeing in his vehicle.

A bill before the Legislature's joint Judiciary Committee would ensure that anyone experiencing a medical emergency while in contact with police would get help.

A rally in the heart of Boston on Saturday featuring families calling for police accountability received support from the founders of Ben & Jerry's.

Officers shot and killed 41-year-old Juston Root while he was on the ground unarmed and seriously injured, the lawsuit states. In March, the district attorney determined the six officers involved were justified in their use of deadly force.

Juston Root, 41, was shot 26 times by police in Chestnut Hill following a car chase that began near Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Demonstrators from the Mass. Action Against Police Brutality rally march along Seaver Street in Boston on Tuesday night. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Several hundred people gathered in Franklin Park to mark the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd — and to call for local officials to do more to combat police brutality. Since Floyds death last year, his killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, was found guilty of murder. Across the country, government officials, businesses and sc...

In early 2020, Juston Root’s condition was deteriorating. Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as a young adult, the 41-year-old wasn’t taking his medicine, and those around him were concerned. His family felt that he should be civilly committed. His psychiatrist described him as “actively psychotic with poor self care,” according to a Jan. 6, 2020 evaluation. “He is not at acute risk and cannot be hospitalized against his will at this time but given his history we believe hospital...

On MLK holiday in Boston, renewed calls for defending civil rights By Jeremy C. Fox and John Hilliard Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated January 18, 2021, 7:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Darrell Jones, left, and Sean Ellis, who both served time after being wrongly convicted for murder, stood next to Monica Cannon Grant, founder of Violence In Boston, as they spoke to a crowd who gathered on MLK Day outside of Madison Park Vocational High School.Erin Clark / Globe Staff Amid a pandemic an...

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