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Not all Massachusetts cities and towns will stick to the timeline Gov. Charlie Baker laid out this week for lifting business restrictions and easing mask mandates. (Shutterstock)
MASSACHUSETTS It s Wednesday, April 28. Here s what you should know this afternoon:
Not all Massachusetts cities and towns will stick to the timeline Gov. Charlie Baker laid out this week for lifting business restrictions and easing mask mandates.
The Massachusetts chapter of the National Lawyers Guild called a police reform ordinance passed in Somerville an important and historic piece of legislation that places the city at the forefront of the movement to de-militarize America s urban police forces.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court Tuesday sided with former Brookline firefighter Gerald Alston, whose supervisor left a racial slur on his voicemail and was promoted, while Alston was fired after reporting harassment. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
MASSACHUSETTS It s Wednesday, April 28. The march toward May and more glorious weather begins. Here s what you should know this afternoon:
Not all Massachusetts cities and towns are planning to stick to the timeline Gov. Charlie Baker laid out this week for lifting business restrictions and easing mask mandates.
The Massachusetts chapter of the National Lawyers Guild called a police reform ordinance passed in Somerville an important and historic piece of legislation that places the city at the forefront of the movement to de-militarize America s urban police forces.
In Boston, the Derek Chauvin verdict brings a sense of justice
By Milton J. Valencia, Christine Mui and Danny McDonald Globe Staff, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
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Acting Mayor Kim Janey bowed her head while the Rev. Willie Bodrick ll prayed during a press conference in response to the conviction of Derek Chauvin.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Across Boston on Tuesday, community leaders and social justice advocates celebrated the swift and sweeping conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd, what they called a poignant moment of justice in a history of racist policing that for too long has plagued the countryâs court system.
Protesters demand reopening of cases of police-involved deaths
By Christine Mui Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Mobile Burrell, 31, of Roxbury, held an umbrella with the names of victims during a State House protest Thursday.Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
As steady rain fell, parents whose children were killed by police officers were among about 70 people who rallied outside the Massachusetts State House Thursday evening calling on state officials to reopen investigations into their deaths.
The 5:30 p.m. rally came on the same day that former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer Kim Potter made her first court appearance in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a routine traffic stop this week.