Andrew Quemere
@andrewqmr.bsky.social
MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. #mapoli
Newsletter: https://andrewqmr.substack.com/
Email: aquemere0@gmail.com
PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/PayPal-andrewqmr
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/aquemere0
Newsletter: https://andrewqmr.substack.com/
Email: aquemere0@gmail.com
PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/PayPal-andrewqmr
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/aquemere0
Pinned
Andrew Quemere
@andrewqmr.bsky.social
· May 14
“They took my life away for nothing.”
James Carver spent 36 years in prison for allegedly setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history.
theappeal.org
My latest for @theappeal.org:
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
“They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
“They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
NEW: A judge ruled Dec. 30 in my lawsuit that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office cannot block the public from seeing the names and case numbers of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
VICTORY: Northwestern DA must release names of cops charged with crimes, judge rules
DA’s office ordered to release accused officers’ names and case numbers—and pay The Mass Dump’s legal fees
andrewqmr.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
NEW: A judge ruled Dec. 30 in my lawsuit that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office cannot block the public from seeing the names and case numbers of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
“Fabian Schmidt … had spent nearly 18 years in the U.S. and had a green card in good standing. Despite that, he was denied entry back into the U.S. after visiting family in Europe, and spent about four days at Logan Airport, where he says he endured violent interrogation by [CBP] officials.”
After detention: What life’s been like for four immigrants in New England
Rümeysa Öztürk, Marcelo Gomes da Silva, Fabian Schmidt and Lucas Dos Santos Amaral are all trying to move forward with their lives, even those whose cases remain pending.
www.wgbh.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“Fabian Schmidt … had spent nearly 18 years in the U.S. and had a green card in good standing. Despite that, he was denied entry back into the U.S. after visiting family in Europe, and spent about four days at Logan Airport, where he says he endured violent interrogation by [CBP] officials.”
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
The brother of a #Chelmsford cop is facing charges for hitting a teen girl in the head with his truck's side mirror and leaving the scene. The girl was diagnosed with a concussion.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Driver charged after striking teen girl in head with side-view mirror
A Chelmsford mother is questioning how her town’s police department handled an investigation after a driver struck her teen daughter in the head with his truck’s side-view mirror. Following questions ...
www.nbcboston.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The brother of a #Chelmsford cop is facing charges for hitting a teen girl in the head with his truck's side mirror and leaving the scene. The girl was diagnosed with a concussion.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Here are the media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in #Massachusetts that I’ve tracked during the last two weeks.
The latest alleged law enforcement misconduct in Mass, Dec. 21-Jan. 3
The latest media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in Massachusetts
andrewqmr.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Here are the media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in #Massachusetts that I’ve tracked during the last two weeks.
Four eyewitnesses told The Boston Globe that they saw Suffolk County corrections officers brutally beat 32-year-old Shacoby Kenny before he died.
#Boston #Massachusetts
#Boston #Massachusetts
‘The brother was being beat on’: Inmates detail violence that preceded South Bay death - The Boston Globe
A 32-year-old man who died on Dec. 8 had a history of mental health issues; officers chased him before subduing him, witnesses say.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Four eyewitnesses told The Boston Globe that they saw Suffolk County corrections officers brutally beat 32-year-old Shacoby Kenny before he died.
#Boston #Massachusetts
#Boston #Massachusetts
“This is the way confidential informants work: District attorneys blindly defend police sources they know nothing about. And instead of safeguarding against abuse, prosecutors enable misconduct in a system that grants police unchecked power, a new Globe Spotlight Team investigation has found.”
A ‘black box’: Mass. prosecutors rarely prevent police informant abuse. They often enable it. - The Boston Globe
Other gatekeepers also consistently fail to hold police accountable.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“This is the way confidential informants work: District attorneys blindly defend police sources they know nothing about. And instead of safeguarding against abuse, prosecutors enable misconduct in a system that grants police unchecked power, a new Globe Spotlight Team investigation has found.”
“A Boston federal judge … ordered ICE to immediately release a Brazilian national to await a bond hearing, rather than keeping her behind bars to await that hearing since that would likely involve shipping her hundreds of miles away due to its lack of women’s holding facilities in #Massachusetts.”
Judge orders immigrant released immediately, rather than shipped to some gulag down south to await a bond hearing
A Boston federal judge today ordered ICE to immediately release a Brazilian national to await a bond hearing, rather than keeping her behind bars to await that hearing since that would likely involve ...
universalhub.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“A Boston federal judge … ordered ICE to immediately release a Brazilian national to await a bond hearing, rather than keeping her behind bars to await that hearing since that would likely involve shipping her hundreds of miles away due to its lack of women’s holding facilities in #Massachusetts.”
all of these Democrats are anonymous cowards
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
all of these Democrats are anonymous cowards
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
June 5, 2025: Trump is in the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
January 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
June 5, 2025: Trump is in the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
“A federal appeals court … upheld the multi-year prison sentences two [Massachusetts] state troopers got for their participation in an overtime scheme, no, not the one on the turnpike but the one involving bogus time records for sobriety checkpoints.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Two troopers snared in one of the State Police overtime scandals deserve the prison sentences they got, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court last week upheld the multi-year prison sentences two state troopers got for their participation in an overtime scheme, no, not the one on the turnpike but the one involving bog...
universalhub.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
“A federal appeals court … upheld the multi-year prison sentences two [Massachusetts] state troopers got for their participation in an overtime scheme, no, not the one on the turnpike but the one involving bogus time records for sobriety checkpoints.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
This is how the #Massachusetts State Police train recruits to see the public.
This doesn't seem like a very public-service-oriented worldview!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
This doesn't seem like a very public-service-oriented worldview!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
January 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is how the #Massachusetts State Police train recruits to see the public.
This doesn't seem like a very public-service-oriented worldview!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
This doesn't seem like a very public-service-oriented worldview!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...
The brother of a #Chelmsford cop is facing charges for hitting a teen girl in the head with his truck's side mirror and leaving the scene. The girl was diagnosed with a concussion.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Driver charged after striking teen girl in head with side-view mirror
A Chelmsford mother is questioning how her town’s police department handled an investigation after a driver struck her teen daughter in the head with his truck’s side-view mirror. Following questions ...
www.nbcboston.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The brother of a #Chelmsford cop is facing charges for hitting a teen girl in the head with his truck's side mirror and leaving the scene. The girl was diagnosed with a concussion.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
Chelmsford police only requested that prosecutors review the incident after the local news ran a story with video.
“A Plymouth district court judge has refused to dismiss identity fraud charges against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent who filed a strange traffic complaint with the #Plymouth police last year posing as Town Manager Derek Brindisi.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Case of man who allegedly posed as town manager to go forward - Plymouth Independent
A Plymouth district court judge has refused to dismiss identity fraud charges against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent who filed a strange traffic complaint with the Plymouth police last yea...
www.plymouthindependent.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“A Plymouth district court judge has refused to dismiss identity fraud charges against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent who filed a strange traffic complaint with the #Plymouth police last year posing as Town Manager Derek Brindisi.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
“Fabian Schmidt … had spent nearly 18 years in the U.S. and had a green card in good standing. Despite that, he was denied entry back into the U.S. after visiting family in Europe, and spent about four days at Logan Airport, where he says he endured violent interrogation by [CBP] officials.”
After detention: What life’s been like for four immigrants in New England
Rümeysa Öztürk, Marcelo Gomes da Silva, Fabian Schmidt and Lucas Dos Santos Amaral are all trying to move forward with their lives, even those whose cases remain pending.
www.wgbh.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“Fabian Schmidt … had spent nearly 18 years in the U.S. and had a green card in good standing. Despite that, he was denied entry back into the U.S. after visiting family in Europe, and spent about four days at Logan Airport, where he says he endured violent interrogation by [CBP] officials.”
“What would Donald Trump have to do for the U.S. media to frame what he is doing in Venezuela as an act of war? This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s an actual inquiry, the pursuit of which can reveal a lot about how U.S. media’s default posture is state subservience and stenography.”
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
theintercept.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“What would Donald Trump have to do for the U.S. media to frame what he is doing in Venezuela as an act of war? This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s an actual inquiry, the pursuit of which can reveal a lot about how U.S. media’s default posture is state subservience and stenography.”
“Mass. sheriffs collectively pull in millions in civil process fees. They’ve paid for singers, parade floats, and a motor home.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Mass. sheriffs collectively pull in millions in civil process fees. They’ve paid for singers, parade floats, and a motor home. - The Boston Globe
The civil process money faces little to no state oversight, and while a portion of the fees are supposed to go to the state’s general fund, some sheriffs have a history of not making all their transfe...
www.bostonglobe.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“Mass. sheriffs collectively pull in millions in civil process fees. They’ve paid for singers, parade floats, and a motor home.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
“A man has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the town of #Stoughton and the Stoughton Police Department, alleging three of its officers used violent and excessive force by repeatedly tasing him inside his apartment during a 2022 arrest.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Federal lawsuit alleges ‘violent excessive force’ by Stoughton police
A Stoughton resident has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit alleging three local officers used 'violent and excessive' force during a 2022 arrest.
www.enterprisenews.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
“A man has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the town of #Stoughton and the Stoughton Police Department, alleging three of its officers used violent and excessive force by repeatedly tasing him inside his apartment during a 2022 arrest.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
Generative “AI” is the perfect technology for policing because it automates the production of lies.
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
AI-powered software Draft One automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. It thought an officer turned into a frog.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Generative “AI” is the perfect technology for policing because it automates the production of lies.
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Generative “AI” is the perfect technology for policing because it automates the production of lies.
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
AI-powered software Draft One automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. It thought an officer turned into a frog.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Generative “AI” is the perfect technology for policing because it automates the production of lies.
I have an achievement that's even cooler than this to share next week.
(One that actually matters lol)
(One that actually matters lol)
Finally got 102% completion in Donkey Kong Country 2.
Klobber Karnage and Animal Antics were brutal, but I beat the second K. Rool fight in one try.
#DonkeyKong
Klobber Karnage and Animal Antics were brutal, but I beat the second K. Rool fight in one try.
#DonkeyKong
January 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I have an achievement that's even cooler than this to share next week.
(One that actually matters lol)
(One that actually matters lol)
Reposted by Andrew Quemere
Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)