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‘Truly free’: Edward Wright, freed after four decades in prison, will not be prosecuted again
Due to the “significant passage of time and the loss of key witnesses," Wright will not be prosecuted again, the DA's Office said.
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BREAKING NEWS!!! Edward Wright was exonerated today! After 41 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Mr. Wright is finally cleared today after the District Attorney chose to end this prosecution. His conviction was previously overturned due to prosecutorial and police misconduct.
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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
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.
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"[H]e found specific evidence of major detail wrongdoing by 43 officers involved in more than 693 instances and enough evidence against 45 other officers to warrant starting internal-affairs investigations" #bospoli
@mayorwu.boston.gov: BPD Commissioner said keep it quiet, don't tarnish my record
@mayorwu.boston.gov: BPD Commissioner said keep it quiet, don't tarnish my record
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"[H]e found specific evidence of major detail wrongdoing by 43 officers involved in more than 693 instances and enough evidence against 45 other officers to warrant starting internal-affairs investigations" #bospoli
@mayorwu.boston.gov: BPD Commissioner said keep it quiet, don't tarnish my record
@mayorwu.boston.gov: BPD Commissioner said keep it quiet, don't tarnish my record
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"Superintendent Marcus Eddings today sued his boss, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, charging Cox demoted him when Cox demanded he bury proof of fraud among numerous officers on paid details and he refused."
Cops are stealing. Jail guards killed a man. @wutrain.bsky.social is silent. #bospoli
Cops are stealing. Jail guards killed a man. @wutrain.bsky.social is silent. #bospoli
In suit, BPD deputy superintendent charges he was demoted after he uncovered fraud by officers on paid details
www.universalhub.com/2026/bpd-sup...
#Boston #lawsuits
www.universalhub.com/2026/bpd-sup...
#Boston #lawsuits
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Superintendent Marcus Eddings today sued his boss, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, charging Cox demoted him when Cox demanded he bury proof of fraud among numerous officers on paid details and he refused."
Cops are stealing. Jail guards killed a man. @wutrain.bsky.social is silent. #bospoli
Cops are stealing. Jail guards killed a man. @wutrain.bsky.social is silent. #bospoli
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FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
If your response to state-sponsored killing is "more training," you need to seriously examine your theory of change alongside decades of data. Only a significant reduction/elimination of power, authority, & resources in policing/enforcement can change our dystopian relationship with state violence.
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If your response to state-sponsored killing is "more training," you need to seriously examine your theory of change alongside decades of data. Only a significant reduction/elimination of power, authority, & resources in policing/enforcement can change our dystopian relationship with state violence.
This man was presumed innocent and killed in the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff. While our elected officials speak out about what is happening elsewhere, they’ve remained silent about what is happening right here in Boston. State violence is unacceptable in all forms in all places.
This story ran in the @bostonglobe.com on the front page on New Year's Eve.
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This man was presumed innocent and killed in the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff. While our elected officials speak out about what is happening elsewhere, they’ve remained silent about what is happening right here in Boston. State violence is unacceptable in all forms in all places.
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Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
We have a "presumption of regularity" where courts presume that our government acts according to the law & tells the truth. This leads to an uphill battle for our wrongfully convicted clients who have been imprisoned based on false narratives. Let current events lead us to abandon this myth.
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We have a "presumption of regularity" where courts presume that our government acts according to the law & tells the truth. This leads to an uphill battle for our wrongfully convicted clients who have been imprisoned based on false narratives. Let current events lead us to abandon this myth.
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People proclaiming to protect public safety are kidnapping, caging, & killing community members. From South Bay to Minneapolis, from sheriffs’ offices to ICE, it’s the same story. It’s not about training; it’s about power & endless resources with no accountability. Gov’t violence is not safety.
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
People proclaiming to protect public safety are kidnapping, caging, & killing community members. From South Bay to Minneapolis, from sheriffs’ offices to ICE, it’s the same story. It’s not about training; it’s about power & endless resources with no accountability. Gov’t violence is not safety.
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What this administration is doing is accelerating and building on what already existed. This is disorienting, I know. We have to do what we can to protect each other locally while we also seriously address the foundational issues. This country has to disempower policing. I hope people understand now
January 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What this administration is doing is accelerating and building on what already existed. This is disorienting, I know. We have to do what we can to protect each other locally while we also seriously address the foundational issues. This country has to disempower policing. I hope people understand now
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The MPD union, at least, has made it clear which side they are on.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The MPD union, at least, has made it clear which side they are on.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
This is the cost of DECADES of (everyone, everywhere) refusing to deal with the rising right-wing and white-nationalist involvement in policing.
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Pinning your hopes on police orgs breaking with ICE is not sound thinking.
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
Whether It Is ICE or Local Police, the U.S. Has Normalised Anti-Democratic Law Enforcement Practices
The Grotesque Excesses of ICE Sit Within the Broader Context of Police Brutality
sherrilyn.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Pinning your hopes on police orgs breaking with ICE is not sound thinking.
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
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When the government wants to kidnap, cage, or kill you, the first thing they do is dehumanize you. As a community, if we refuse to allow people to be dehumanized, the propaganda loses its power. If we agree that we all deserve freedom and life, none of this can be justified or excused
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
When the government wants to kidnap, cage, or kill you, the first thing they do is dehumanize you. As a community, if we refuse to allow people to be dehumanized, the propaganda loses its power. If we agree that we all deserve freedom and life, none of this can be justified or excused
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It's bad enough that the #Massachusetts Trial Court is allowing ICE agents to abduct people from courthouses—they definitely shouldn't be letting them do it in total secrecy by stopping people from recording it.
#mapoli
#mapoli
Boston bystander phone seized during ICE arrest adds to growing alarm after Minneapolis shooting
Advocates say recording ICE conflicts is key to oversight — but bans inside courthouses leave the public in the dark.
www.masslive.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It's bad enough that the #Massachusetts Trial Court is allowing ICE agents to abduct people from courthouses—they definitely shouldn't be letting them do it in total secrecy by stopping people from recording it.
#mapoli
#mapoli
It may be comforting to believe that the violence and injustice of our government/“law enforcement” are a product of “mistakes” that can be “fixed,” but its response tells you they are BY DESIGN. Therefore, the only way to end it is through collective work to strip it of resources and power.
January 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
It may be comforting to believe that the violence and injustice of our government/“law enforcement” are a product of “mistakes” that can be “fixed,” but its response tells you they are BY DESIGN. Therefore, the only way to end it is through collective work to strip it of resources and power.
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
Let this be a call to action, but let us not believe any of this is new or isolated to ICE. We have given our government the power to kill and cage people by saying it protects us, and we must now say that none of this makes us safer.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Let this be a call to action, but let us not believe any of this is new or isolated to ICE. We have given our government the power to kill and cage people by saying it protects us, and we must now say that none of this makes us safer.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
It doesn’t matter if the person is a US citizen or an immigrant, a mother or a teenager, a person with no criminal record or one accused of a crime: COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE MURDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. If we cannot agree on that, then it empowers propaganda about whose lives matter.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
It doesn’t matter if the person is a US citizen or an immigrant, a mother or a teenager, a person with no criminal record or one accused of a crime: COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE MURDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. If we cannot agree on that, then it empowers propaganda about whose lives matter.
People proclaiming to protect public safety are kidnapping, caging, & killing community members. From South Bay to Minneapolis, from sheriffs’ offices to ICE, it’s the same story. It’s not about training; it’s about power & endless resources with no accountability. Gov’t violence is not safety.
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
People proclaiming to protect public safety are kidnapping, caging, & killing community members. From South Bay to Minneapolis, from sheriffs’ offices to ICE, it’s the same story. It’s not about training; it’s about power & endless resources with no accountability. Gov’t violence is not safety.
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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.
Happy New Year to all, especially those impacted by wrongful convictions across New England. We resolve to fighting alongside you for more freedom and against the injustice of the criminal legal system. Our liberation is intertwined.
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Happy New Year to all, especially those impacted by wrongful convictions across New England. We resolve to fighting alongside you for more freedom and against the injustice of the criminal legal system. Our liberation is intertwined.
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A fascinating long read on the use of confidential informants in MA:
"Nearly 9 of 10 drug raids are carried out on the word of confidential informants whose identities are known only to police. An overwhelming majority of the warrants – nearly 80% – hinge on the word of a single unnamed source"
"Nearly 9 of 10 drug raids are carried out on the word of confidential informants whose identities are known only to police. An overwhelming majority of the warrants – nearly 80% – hinge on the word of a single unnamed source"
A must-read, exposing publicly what many in the criminal legal system already know, especially people wrongfully incarcerated based on false statements in search warrants.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/m...
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
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A fascinating long read on the use of confidential informants in MA:
"Nearly 9 of 10 drug raids are carried out on the word of confidential informants whose identities are known only to police. An overwhelming majority of the warrants – nearly 80% – hinge on the word of a single unnamed source"
"Nearly 9 of 10 drug raids are carried out on the word of confidential informants whose identities are known only to police. An overwhelming majority of the warrants – nearly 80% – hinge on the word of a single unnamed source"
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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.*
December 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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