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Be a revolutionary, @wutrain.bsky.social.
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Be a revolutionary, @wutrain.bsky.social.
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
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Meet CO Tejan Lewis-Rosario
In 2023, Lewis-Rosario graduated top of his class at the CO Training Academy
On 9/5/24, he became eligible for MA State Police (www.mass.gov/doc/the-merg...)
On 12/7/25, on the SERT team, he slammed Shacoby Kenny into a wall & beat him while he was restrained face down
In 2023, Lewis-Rosario graduated top of his class at the CO Training Academy
On 9/5/24, he became eligible for MA State Police (www.mass.gov/doc/the-merg...)
On 12/7/25, on the SERT team, he slammed Shacoby Kenny into a wall & beat him while he was restrained face down
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Meet CO Tejan Lewis-Rosario
In 2023, Lewis-Rosario graduated top of his class at the CO Training Academy
On 9/5/24, he became eligible for MA State Police (www.mass.gov/doc/the-merg...)
On 12/7/25, on the SERT team, he slammed Shacoby Kenny into a wall & beat him while he was restrained face down
In 2023, Lewis-Rosario graduated top of his class at the CO Training Academy
On 9/5/24, he became eligible for MA State Police (www.mass.gov/doc/the-merg...)
On 12/7/25, on the SERT team, he slammed Shacoby Kenny into a wall & beat him while he was restrained face down
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Learn more about the #ShutDownSouthBay COs involved in the brutal killing of Shacoby Kenny
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Learn more about the #ShutDownSouthBay COs involved in the brutal killing of Shacoby Kenny
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
Learn more about the #ShutDownSouthBay COs involved in the brutal killing of Shacoby Kenny
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Learn more about the #ShutDownSouthBay COs involved in the brutal killing of Shacoby Kenny
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
Meet CO Thierno Diallo
On 5/2/25, SCSD gave him the Drill Instructor Award & the Defensive Tactics Award
On 12/7/25, he pummeled a mentally ill pretrial detainee & called the assault the "South Bay Special"
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all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police
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Truth really does matter
Missing? The killing of Shacoby Kenny inside Boston's South Bay jail by COs on 12/7.
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Truth really does matter
Missing? The killing of Shacoby Kenny inside Boston's South Bay jail by COs on 12/7.
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Missing? The killing of Shacoby Kenny inside Boston's South Bay jail by COs on 12/7.
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
They surrounded him, pummeled him, knelt on his neck while he said "I can't breathe."
His last words were say a prayer for me.
BPD Homicide is still investigating, but that announcement is coming. #bospoli
Be a revolutionary, @wutrain.bsky.social.
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Be a revolutionary, @wutrain.bsky.social.
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
Acknowledge the killing of a 32-year-old man who struggled with mental health issues, who your Boston Police arrested, sending him to his death.
He was killed by corrections officers in a Sherrif's Dept you have had a contract with for two years. #bospoli
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"Miranda also noted an alarming cluster of deaths that occurred within the Department of Corrections this fall — six unexpected deaths at MCI-Norfolk and Souza-Baranowski, four of which were apparent suicides."
Full letter: www.scribd.com/document/974... (h/t @courtwatchma.bsky.social) #FreeThemAll
Full letter: www.scribd.com/document/974... (h/t @courtwatchma.bsky.social) #FreeThemAll
Senator sounds alarm on Shacoby Kenny death, other fatalities in Mass. jails and prisons
Senator sounds alarm on Shacoby Kenny death, other fatalities in Mass. jails and prisons
A man with mental health issues died after officers restrained him inside a Boston jail. A state senator wants answers about his death and others — as well as independent oversight of jails and prisons.
www.masslive.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"Miranda also noted an alarming cluster of deaths that occurred within the Department of Corrections this fall — six unexpected deaths at MCI-Norfolk and Souza-Baranowski, four of which were apparent suicides."
Full letter: www.scribd.com/document/974... (h/t @courtwatchma.bsky.social) #FreeThemAll
Full letter: www.scribd.com/document/974... (h/t @courtwatchma.bsky.social) #FreeThemAll
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Shoutout to Sen. Liz Miranda calling for an independent investigation into Shacoby Kenny's death.
@massago.bsky.social should be leading here. It's a criminal AND civil rights pattern & practice issue. #bospoli #mapoli
Read the letter to @massgovernor.bsky.social:
www.scribd.com/document/974...
@massago.bsky.social should be leading here. It's a criminal AND civil rights pattern & practice issue. #bospoli #mapoli
Read the letter to @massgovernor.bsky.social:
www.scribd.com/document/974...
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Shoutout to Sen. Liz Miranda calling for an independent investigation into Shacoby Kenny's death.
@massago.bsky.social should be leading here. It's a criminal AND civil rights pattern & practice issue. #bospoli #mapoli
Read the letter to @massgovernor.bsky.social:
www.scribd.com/document/974...
@massago.bsky.social should be leading here. It's a criminal AND civil rights pattern & practice issue. #bospoli #mapoli
Read the letter to @massgovernor.bsky.social:
www.scribd.com/document/974...
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@massago.bsky.social - Please investigate and suspend the officers involved.
@massgovernor.bsky.social Please overhaul the use of cash bail and pretrial release and detention in Massachusetts
#mapoli We cannot let another life be stolen by a system that cages people without regard to their life.
@massgovernor.bsky.social Please overhaul the use of cash bail and pretrial release and detention in Massachusetts
#mapoli We cannot let another life be stolen by a system that cages people without regard to their life.
PLS' Brutality Team is investigating the recent death of Shacoby Kenny at the South Bay House of Correction due to the reported circumstances surrounding his death. Incarceration must not be a death sentence.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Protesters call for transparency following in-custody death of Shacoby Kenny
Protesters call for transparency following in-custody death of Shacoby Kenny at South Bay jail
www.wgbh.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@massago.bsky.social - Please investigate and suspend the officers involved.
@massgovernor.bsky.social Please overhaul the use of cash bail and pretrial release and detention in Massachusetts
#mapoli We cannot let another life be stolen by a system that cages people without regard to their life.
@massgovernor.bsky.social Please overhaul the use of cash bail and pretrial release and detention in Massachusetts
#mapoli We cannot let another life be stolen by a system that cages people without regard to their life.
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PLS' Brutality Team is investigating the recent death of Shacoby Kenny at the South Bay House of Correction due to the reported circumstances surrounding his death. Incarceration must not be a death sentence.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Protesters call for transparency following in-custody death of Shacoby Kenny
Protesters call for transparency following in-custody death of Shacoby Kenny at South Bay jail
www.wgbh.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
PLS' Brutality Team is investigating the recent death of Shacoby Kenny at the South Bay House of Correction due to the reported circumstances surrounding his death. Incarceration must not be a death sentence.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
"Witnesses to the incident told the Globe that officers knelt on Kenny’s neck when he was on the ground and responded with excessive force, considering his mental health challenges were known throughout the unit." #mapoli #bospoli
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. Suspend the officers! #ShutDownSouthBay
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. Suspend the officers! #ShutDownSouthBay
Senator sounds alarm on Shacoby Kenny death, other fatalities in Mass. jails and prisons
Senator sounds alarm on Shacoby Kenny death, other fatalities in Mass. jails and prisons
A man with mental health issues died after officers restrained him inside a Boston jail. A state senator wants answers about his death and others — as well as independent oversight of jails and prisons.
www.masslive.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"Witnesses to the incident told the Globe that officers knelt on Kenny’s neck when he was on the ground and responded with excessive force, considering his mental health challenges were known throughout the unit." #mapoli #bospoli
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. Suspend the officers! #ShutDownSouthBay
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. Suspend the officers! #ShutDownSouthBay
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Here's an anonymous message about a beating witnessed within the last week, by the same SERT team that escalated & participated in killing Shacoby Kenny on Dec. 7.
During the assault of Kenny, one CO said "That's the South Bay Special."
THEY'RE PROUD OF THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE & IMPUNITY. #mapoli
During the assault of Kenny, one CO said "That's the South Bay Special."
THEY'RE PROUD OF THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE & IMPUNITY. #mapoli
![Me and [redacted] was watch through the door from across the hall the sert run in than brought some kid out roughin him up while he's in cuffs.
but thts the normal here. you get into a fight or go at it with a c.o or something they end up beatin your ass So youll think bout it before yu try it next time](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sm7enggcc64jszcgz3a4v2hi/bafkreihbeum2cjx55fpupth7m3zz7l37zsy6coxklpg7nzja7iaf3xtz4m@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Here's an anonymous message about a beating witnessed within the last week, by the same SERT team that escalated & participated in killing Shacoby Kenny on Dec. 7.
During the assault of Kenny, one CO said "That's the South Bay Special."
THEY'RE PROUD OF THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE & IMPUNITY. #mapoli
During the assault of Kenny, one CO said "That's the South Bay Special."
THEY'RE PROUD OF THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE & IMPUNITY. #mapoli
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People have been experiencing beatings on this unit by these same officers for months.
One man on the unit was assaulted by CO Nye earlier *the same day* they killed Shacoby Kenny.
He was handcuffed and in a wheelchair when Nye elbowed him in the face and busted his lip.
bsky.app/profile/siob...
One man on the unit was assaulted by CO Nye earlier *the same day* they killed Shacoby Kenny.
He was handcuffed and in a wheelchair when Nye elbowed him in the face and busted his lip.
bsky.app/profile/siob...
there’s been some gut-wrenching reporting coming out about Shacoby Kenny’s murder by COs.
one of the most damning elements is that many of the interviewed incarcerated people seem to have been forced to recognize that violence by COs is normal and expected, but beating a man to death goes too far
one of the most damning elements is that many of the interviewed incarcerated people seem to have been forced to recognize that violence by COs is normal and expected, but beating a man to death goes too far
Some of those tax dollars are paying the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department to house people who get arrested before they ever see a judge in "Central Booking."
The contract says Boston pays $150 per arrestee, per day.
You know. The same Dept where COs just killed a man by *kneeling on his neck.*
The contract says Boston pays $150 per arrestee, per day.
You know. The same Dept where COs just killed a man by *kneeling on his neck.*
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
People have been experiencing beatings on this unit by these same officers for months.
One man on the unit was assaulted by CO Nye earlier *the same day* they killed Shacoby Kenny.
He was handcuffed and in a wheelchair when Nye elbowed him in the face and busted his lip.
bsky.app/profile/siob...
One man on the unit was assaulted by CO Nye earlier *the same day* they killed Shacoby Kenny.
He was handcuffed and in a wheelchair when Nye elbowed him in the face and busted his lip.
bsky.app/profile/siob...
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One of the most important pieces I've read this year. A lot of journalists tried to capture what it was like on the ground, as Chicagoans resisted an onslaught of federal agents attacking our neighbors, and @melissagiragrant.com pulled it off.
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
One of the most important pieces I've read this year. A lot of journalists tried to capture what it was like on the ground, as Chicagoans resisted an onslaught of federal agents attacking our neighbors, and @melissagiragrant.com pulled it off.
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The Mass Bail Fund has been working tirelessly to free people before the holidays—including men from the 3-4 unit who witnessed the violent killing of Shacoby Kenny twenty days ago.
They need your help!
Please donate!
#FreeThemAll #EveryDayEveryDollar #ShutDownSouthBay
bit.ly/everydollarmbf!
They need your help!
Please donate!
#FreeThemAll #EveryDayEveryDollar #ShutDownSouthBay
bit.ly/everydollarmbf!
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Mass Bail Fund has been working tirelessly to free people before the holidays—including men from the 3-4 unit who witnessed the violent killing of Shacoby Kenny twenty days ago.
They need your help!
Please donate!
#FreeThemAll #EveryDayEveryDollar #ShutDownSouthBay
bit.ly/everydollarmbf!
They need your help!
Please donate!
#FreeThemAll #EveryDayEveryDollar #ShutDownSouthBay
bit.ly/everydollarmbf!
The men have filed grievances & sought accountability for months.
But jails are closed environments and getting access to transparency is a huge challenge.
It should not take a death at the hands and knees of COs to bring scrutiny.
There were 5 deaths in 6 months at this jail in 2021. #mapoli
But jails are closed environments and getting access to transparency is a huge challenge.
It should not take a death at the hands and knees of COs to bring scrutiny.
There were 5 deaths in 6 months at this jail in 2021. #mapoli
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The men have filed grievances & sought accountability for months.
But jails are closed environments and getting access to transparency is a huge challenge.
It should not take a death at the hands and knees of COs to bring scrutiny.
There were 5 deaths in 6 months at this jail in 2021. #mapoli
But jails are closed environments and getting access to transparency is a huge challenge.
It should not take a death at the hands and knees of COs to bring scrutiny.
There were 5 deaths in 6 months at this jail in 2021. #mapoli
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And yes. Brave people who witnessed this haunting incident have been speaking out weeks before the tape was leaked.
bsky.app/profile/cour...
bsky.app/profile/cour...
Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
And yes. Brave people who witnessed this haunting incident have been speaking out weeks before the tape was leaked.
bsky.app/profile/cour...
bsky.app/profile/cour...
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We are not being hyperbolic.
This was a modern-day lynching.
#bospoli #mapoli #ShutDownSouthBay
@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social - still crickets from you? After this haunting public account published in @bostonglobe.com?
This was a modern-day lynching.
#bospoli #mapoli #ShutDownSouthBay
@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social - still crickets from you? After this haunting public account published in @bostonglobe.com?
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We are not being hyperbolic.
This was a modern-day lynching.
#bospoli #mapoli #ShutDownSouthBay
@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social - still crickets from you? After this haunting public account published in @bostonglobe.com?
This was a modern-day lynching.
#bospoli #mapoli #ShutDownSouthBay
@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social - still crickets from you? After this haunting public account published in @bostonglobe.com?
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A man was lynched on Sunday, 12/7 by COs at the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department and @wutrain.bsky.social has yet to make a statement 20 days later.
@boston.gov is paying SCSD on a contract $150 per arrestee per day. Your taxpayer dollars are funding killers.
Where are you, @mayorwu.boston.gov?
@boston.gov is paying SCSD on a contract $150 per arrestee per day. Your taxpayer dollars are funding killers.
Where are you, @mayorwu.boston.gov?
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A man was lynched on Sunday, 12/7 by COs at the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department and @wutrain.bsky.social has yet to make a statement 20 days later.
@boston.gov is paying SCSD on a contract $150 per arrestee per day. Your taxpayer dollars are funding killers.
Where are you, @mayorwu.boston.gov?
@boston.gov is paying SCSD on a contract $150 per arrestee per day. Your taxpayer dollars are funding killers.
Where are you, @mayorwu.boston.gov?
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"The witnesses described corrections officers punching Kenny, kneeing him in the ribs, and kneeling on his neck when he was down on the ground."
They killed him.
AND THE COs HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN SUSPENDED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION.
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. #mapoli #bospoli
They killed him.
AND THE COs HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN SUSPENDED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION.
Shacoby Kenny. Say his name. #mapoli #bospoli
Brave witnesses from South Bay have spoken up and a whistleblower leaked grainy surveillance video of the violent assault & killing of Shacoby Kenny. #ShutDownSouthBay #bospoli
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
"All four witnesses said corrections officers hit Kenny after he was restrained."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
‘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
December 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Tremendous reporting by @globespotlight.bsky.social, including many examples of cops lying about the existence of CIs to obtain search warrants, cops coercing female CIs into sexual and romantic relationships, and a 99.8% approval rate of search warrant applications by clerks... #mapoli #bospoli
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Tremendous reporting by @globespotlight.bsky.social, including many examples of cops lying about the existence of CIs to obtain search warrants, cops coercing female CIs into sexual and romantic relationships, and a 99.8% approval rate of search warrant applications by clerks... #mapoli #bospoli