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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 demonstration was one of several organized efforts across the US, in places like Chicago, Atlanta, Minneap...

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...