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CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social · Dec 16
Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
One former detainee, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, told GBH News on Saturday that he saw some 15 to 20 officers beating Kenny after handcuffing him. He said Kenny was left for 30 minutes to an hour before anyone attempted to perform CPR, and he believed he was dead before leaving the jail. “His eyes roll over and he dead and they was still hitting him,” he told GBH by phone. “It was bad. They didn’t have to do 'em like that.” Kenny’s death has prompted calls for more information from lawmakers and prisoners’ advocates.
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ALL EYES ON SOUTH BAY

ACTION HOUR

An online action hour for community to demand accountability for Shacoby Kenny's murder by guards at South Bay on top of years of violence, abuse, and civil rights violations. We say no more.

Thursday, January 29
1-2 PM on Zoom
Sign up: bit.ly/alleyesactio...
ALL EYES ON SOUTH BAY ACTION HOUR An online action hour for community to demand accountability for Shacoby Kenny's murder by guards at South Bay on top of years of violence, abuse, and civil rights violations. We say no more. Thursday, January 29 1-2 PM on Zoom Sign up: http://bit.ly/alleyesactionhour
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
courtwatchma.bsky.social
ALL EYES ON SOUTH BAY

ACTION HOUR

An online action hour for community to demand accountability for Shacoby Kenny's murder by guards at South Bay on top of years of violence, abuse, and civil rights violations. We say no more.

Thursday, January 29
1-2 PM on Zoom
Sign up: bit.ly/alleyesactio...
ALL EYES ON SOUTH BAY ACTION HOUR An online action hour for community to demand accountability for Shacoby Kenny's murder by guards at South Bay on top of years of violence, abuse, and civil rights violations. We say no more. Thursday, January 29 1-2 PM on Zoom Sign up: http://bit.ly/alleyesactionhour
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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jesspish.bsky.social
yes, this is absolutely all tied together -- arresting local politicians, attempting to steamroll local multi-racial sovereignty, accusing Democrats of corruption, floating "white replacement." it's an old story, and it's rooted in white supremacy.
telliotter.bsky.social Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 11h
Late yesterday, AG Bondi sent a letter to Tim Walz in which she demands access to MN's voter rolls as part of restoring "the rule of law." For months, we've been reporting on the overlap between immigration enforcement and voting so, here we go:

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
We wish @wutrain.bsky.social would devote this energy to the killing in her own city on 12/7, witnessed by dozens of traumatized Boston residents, who ask why their mayor denounces violence in Australia & Minnesota but not Shacoby Kenny, a Black man killed by "public safety" officials. #bospoli
mayorwu.boston.gov Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 2d
The Trump Administration’s ongoing occupations of peaceful American cities are unconstitutional and illegal.

Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
COALITION OF MAYORS ACROSS U.S. FILE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING ICE SURGE IN TWIN CITIES Led by the City of Boston and the Public Rights Project, 44 mayors, cities, and counties argue that the deadly surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is an unlawful and unconstitutional effort to punish these communities, endangering Americans BOSTON - Friday, January 23, 2026 - Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of mayors from across the United States to file an amicus brief in federal district court in Minneapolis to stop the Trump Administration's unconstitutional and illegal surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities). The brief, which supports a lawsuit filed by the State of Minnesota and the Twin Cities, seeks a temporary restraining order to end the occupation by more than two thousand federal agents. ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics have created mass unrest in the community, undermined public safety, injured several Minnesotans, including children, and led to the death of civilian Renee Nicole Good.
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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chriskaiserva.bsky.social
The witness declarations out of Minneapolis read like testimony from literal war crime tribunals. My god.
The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them —he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17.I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
courtwatchma.bsky.social
We wish @wutrain.bsky.social would devote this energy to the killing in her own city on 12/7, witnessed by dozens of traumatized Boston residents, who ask why their mayor denounces violence in Australia & Minnesota but not Shacoby Kenny, a Black man killed by "public safety" officials. #bospoli
mayorwu.boston.gov Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 2d
The Trump Administration’s ongoing occupations of peaceful American cities are unconstitutional and illegal.

Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
COALITION OF MAYORS ACROSS U.S. FILE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING ICE SURGE IN TWIN CITIES Led by the City of Boston and the Public Rights Project, 44 mayors, cities, and counties argue that the deadly surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is an unlawful and unconstitutional effort to punish these communities, endangering Americans BOSTON - Friday, January 23, 2026 - Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of mayors from across the United States to file an amicus brief in federal district court in Minneapolis to stop the Trump Administration's unconstitutional and illegal surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities). The brief, which supports a lawsuit filed by the State of Minnesota and the Twin Cities, seeks a temporary restraining order to end the occupation by more than two thousand federal agents. ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics have created mass unrest in the community, undermined public safety, injured several Minnesotans, including children, and led to the death of civilian Renee Nicole Good.
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
On December 7, at least eight jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny, a 32-year-old man held pretrial on $2,500 bail right here in Boston's South Bay jail, in nearly the exact same way -- in a violent group assault, held down, choked to death.

Still no ME report. COs haven't even been suspended. #bospoli
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 AM
courtwatchma.bsky.social
On December 7, at least eight jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny, a 32-year-old man held pretrial on $2,500 bail right here in Boston's South Bay jail, in nearly the exact same way -- in a violent group assault, held down, choked to death.

Still no ME report. COs haven't even been suspended. #bospoli
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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jamisonfoser.bsky.social
"Federal officials described his death as a suicide."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows The report from the county medical examiner said the detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, was asphyxiated and restrained by law enforcement. Federal officials described his death as a suicide.
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
Exactly this 🔽.

Not to mention Hayden is continuing to try to reinstate indefensible murder convictions against wrongfully convicted Black men from decades ago. That he said he wouldn't... #bospoli #mapoli

Free Stephen Pina. #FreeThemAll bsky.app/profile/cour...
blackjew.bsky.social BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 4d
What is DA Kevin Hayden thinking over MLK weekend as he hears speeches of fighting structural racism while his whole career is reinforcing and upholding anti-Black racial hierarchy and being the front line of anti-Black structural oppression. #mapoli
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
May 12, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y) Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S. Arrow) district court judge or magistrate judge in their place of residence.23 ICE immigration officers should consider all available enforcement mechanisms, including the use of a Form 1-205 to arrest an alien in their place of residence, to achieve the requirements of E.O. 14159 in accordance with applicable law and policies. This guidance informs the use of Forms 1-205 and provides to ICE law enforcement personnel a reminder of the general limitations and exceptions that may apply when effectuating arrests in an alien's residence. General Guidelines ICE law enforcement officers receive extensive training on the legal and procedural requirements for making administrative and criminal arrests. ICE personnel must remain cognizant of all existing laws and policies pertaining to arrests when carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions. Prior to entering a residence to conduct an administrative immigration arrest pursuant to Form I-205, officers and agents must ensure the Form 1-205 is properly completed and is supported by a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the BIA, a U.S. district court, or a magistrate judge. This is essential because that order establishes probable cause. Officers and agents must also have reason to believe that the subject alien resides at and is currently located in the address where the Form I-205 is to be served.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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universalhub.com
If you have a 3D printer, you can now download software to print out lots of whistles, all embedded with the phone number for LUCE, the local immigrant rapid-response group.
www.printables.com/model/156587...
LUCE (Massachusetts) whistle by Sokath | Download free STL model | Printables.com
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January 22, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
Oh by the way, in that 30-year-old case, DA Hayden of @scdaonews.bsky.social previously said ON TELEVISION in a RECORDED INTERVIEW with @gbhnews.bsky.social that he'd follow whatever the trial judge decided & not appeal.

So. Lies and ineptitude everywhere you look. #bospoli
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January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
Right now, @scdaonews.bsky.social is trying to reinstate a 30-year-old, overturned murder conviction where there were only *two eyewitnesses,* and prosecutors unlawfully withheld info that one was psychiatrically hospitalized at trial.

The double-standard is predictable & absolutely WILD. #bospoli
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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courtwatchma.bsky.social
If there had been a brutal gang assault & killing in the community, where *80 witnesses* observed what happened & dozens told consistent accounts to police, do you think it would take more than SIX WEEKS for official action?

The COs haven't even been suspended! #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
courtwatchma.bsky.social CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social · 10d
This is so awful. And also swiftly labeling it a homicide (within 2 weeks) provides some measure of justice & closure to enable the family to pursue recovery.

More than five weeks ago, South Bay jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny. Why hasn't the ME office issued any findings? #mapoli #bospoli
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10d
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.

He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 21, 2026 at 12:39 PM
courtwatchma.bsky.social
Exactly this 🔽.

Not to mention Hayden is continuing to try to reinstate indefensible murder convictions against wrongfully convicted Black men from decades ago. That he said he wouldn't... #bospoli #mapoli

Free Stephen Pina. #FreeThemAll bsky.app/profile/cour...
blackjew.bsky.social BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 4d
What is DA Kevin Hayden thinking over MLK weekend as he hears speeches of fighting structural racism while his whole career is reinforcing and upholding anti-Black racial hierarchy and being the front line of anti-Black structural oppression. #mapoli
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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blackjew.bsky.social
What is DA Kevin Hayden thinking over MLK weekend as he hears speeches of fighting structural racism while his whole career is reinforcing and upholding anti-Black racial hierarchy and being the front line of anti-Black structural oppression. #mapoli
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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blackjew.bsky.social
What is DA Kevin Hayden thinking as he nods with talk of protecting our immigrant neighbors and fighting structural anti-Black racism? As he does nothing to take on ICE, brought no charges against ICE agents for any of their breaking windows or illegal stops or any illegality. #mapoli
January 21, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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bson.bsky.social
i don't understand why so many people are so adamant that what ICE is doing is not the same as law enforcement. i disagree and i think a lot of the arguments ring very hollow, but more to the point: what's behind the desperate need to protect police legitimacy right now?
January 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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organizer.bsky.social
80 witness to a murder and silence #bospoli
courtwatchma.bsky.social CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social · 8d
Would it help you to make a decision to investigate Shacoby Kenny's brutal assault & murder, @massago.bsky.social & @massgovernor.bsky.social, to see the grievances filed by the witnesses—men who are still living in the jail that is still staffed by the same COs, who have not been suspended? #mapoli
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
courtwatchma.bsky.social
If there had been a brutal gang assault & killing in the community, where *80 witnesses* observed what happened & dozens told consistent accounts to police, do you think it would take more than SIX WEEKS for official action?

The COs haven't even been suspended! #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
courtwatchma.bsky.social CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social · 10d
This is so awful. And also swiftly labeling it a homicide (within 2 weeks) provides some measure of justice & closure to enable the family to pursue recovery.

More than five weeks ago, South Bay jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny. Why hasn't the ME office issued any findings? #mapoli #bospoli
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10d
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.

He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 21, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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andreapitzer.bsky.social
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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segalmr.bsky.social
I remember clearly when the Inspector General report came out in 2014. It called Dookhan the "sole bad actor" while also saying that lab managers might have covered up her wrongdoing to protect funding.

At the time, it seemed... incongruous.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/19/m...
More than a decade later, Hinton drug lab scandal resurfaces with high-stakes hearings - The Boston Globe
In March, hearings with potentially wide-ranging ramifications are scheduled to play out that could set the groundwork for hundreds of thousands of convictions to be thrown out.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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matthewterrill.bsky.social
Quick question: who was the MA Atty Gen a decade ago?! 🤔
Hint: current governor!
andrewqmr.bsky.social Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 6d
At issue is evidence suppressed by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and Office of the Inspector General that the OIG referred at least four other Hinton lab employees for criminal prosecution to the AGO.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM