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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 jury's 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, drew a few dozen protesters to Doherty Playground in Fields Corner. It began at around 1 p.m. The dem...

Tears stream from the eyes of an overjoyed Al Action, as he speaks in Nubian Square about the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) As the guilty verdicts against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd came down Tuesday, activists, organizers and politicians in Boston celebrated it as a step toward justice — while messaging that there was more work to be done. "Hopefully it opens the door toward more prosecutions," said Brock Satter, a member of Mass. Action Against Police Brutality. The organization calls for the prosecution of pol...

Protesters demand reopening of cases of police-involved deaths By Christine Mui Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend 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 Broo...

Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.

Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.