Challenging Fear And Trepidation, Democracy Activists Rally In Somerville Following Student ICE Arrest
“Justice is something that people ignore until it happens in the neighborhood. … No one thought this would happen in a school in Massachusetts.”
Massachusetts Cops Are Increasingly Monitoring Drones, But At What Cost?
As police and civilian drone usage climbs despite a lack of clear guidelines and changing rules, authorities, advocates, and amateurs struggle to keep a close watch on each other Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually made their debut shortly after […]
Emerson Students, Staff, And Faculty Face Restrictive New Policies Born From Gaza Protests
The Emerson College administration put rules in place in response to last year’s campus unrest that some community members say violate their First Amendment rights
HALF THE STORY
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SURREPTITIOUS SIMULATION
Massachusetts State Police purchased cell-phone surveillance tech that civil liberties watchdogs say invites concerning violations of constitutional protections. Is it too late for privacy advocates and lawmakers to put accountability measures in place?
STINGRAYS, SIMULATORS, SURVEILLANCE, AND SILVERADOS
How Massachusetts State Police are using the opioid crisis to pursue “profound and dangerous erosions of privacy and civil liberties”
