Andrew Quemere
@andrewqmr.bsky.social
MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. #mapoli
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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.
This is going on your permanent record.
Now we have Trump blasting air traffic controllers, telling them they hate this country for not showing up without pay.
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is going on your permanent record.
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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again, the legal system, far from providing accountability, is marshaled to rewrite and reverse consequences for January 6
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s e...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
again, the legal system, far from providing accountability, is marshaled to rewrite and reverse consequences for January 6
Cops from four different #Massachusetts departments spent “several months” on an investigation that resulted in four arrests and the seizure of two kilograms of fentanyl and $3,000.
How are these expensive operations a practical solution for stopping drug deaths?
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
How are these expensive operations a practical solution for stopping drug deaths?
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cops from four different #Massachusetts departments spent “several months” on an investigation that resulted in four arrests and the seizure of two kilograms of fentanyl and $3,000.
How are these expensive operations a practical solution for stopping drug deaths?
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
How are these expensive operations a practical solution for stopping drug deaths?
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Keep in mind that the tests jails use to determine whether papers are laced with K2 are extremely unreliable and produce lots of false positives.
Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said the alleged scheme brought thousands of dollars worth of synthetic marijuana — also known as K2 or spice — into the jail.
Ex-jail librarian, four others accused of smuggling drugs into Bristol County jail
Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said the alleged scheme brought thousands of dollars worth of synthetic marijuana — also known as K2 or spice — into the jail.
www.wbur.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Keep in mind that the tests jails use to determine whether papers are laced with K2 are extremely unreliable and produce lots of false positives.
it should be a felony for grocery stores to label what is clearly american cheese as cheddar
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
it should be a felony for grocery stores to label what is clearly american cheese as cheddar
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, Oct. 26-Nov. 8
The latest media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in Massachusetts
andrewqmr.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here are the media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in #Massachusetts that I’ve tracked during the last two weeks.
“Five women and four men from Central America were detained in [a November 4] raid [at Allston Car Wash]. … Videos online show over a dozen vehicles swarming the car wash, people being put into vehicles, and one agent pointing a gun at an immigrant as they’re led into a van.”
#Boston #AbolishICE
#Boston #AbolishICE
Family members of detained car wash employees speak out
Advocates say the detained workers had legal documentation and no record of criminal activity.
www.wgbh.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Five women and four men from Central America were detained in [a November 4] raid [at Allston Car Wash]. … Videos online show over a dozen vehicles swarming the car wash, people being put into vehicles, and one agent pointing a gun at an immigrant as they’re led into a van.”
#Boston #AbolishICE
#Boston #AbolishICE
“A #Massachusetts man seen on video having an apparent seizure during a struggle with immigration agents as he holds his wife and crying toddler says he lost consciousness after agents pushed and hit him and pressed on his neck.”
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
Man appears to have a seizure as ICE arrests his wife, but officials disagree
Massachusetts man claims he lost consciousness during a struggle with immigration agents, however federal authorities accuse him of faking the seizure to prevent his wife’s arrest.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“A #Massachusetts man seen on video having an apparent seizure during a struggle with immigration agents as he holds his wife and crying toddler says he lost consciousness after agents pushed and hit him and pressed on his neck.”
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
WTF: “A federal judge in #Boston has ruled that immigrants grabbed by ICE who are ordered released after a bond hearing can remain locked up for up to five months before they can claim a violation of their Fifth Amendment due-process rights.”
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
Judge concludes that an immigrant ordered free on payment of bond can remain locked up for five more months before his rights are violated
A federal judge in Boston has ruled that immigrants grabbed by ICE who are ordered released after a bond hearing can remain locked up for up to five months before they can claim a violation of their F...
www.universalhub.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
WTF: “A federal judge in #Boston has ruled that immigrants grabbed by ICE who are ordered released after a bond hearing can remain locked up for up to five months before they can claim a violation of their Fifth Amendment due-process rights.”
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
“The #Massachusetts Appeals Court [on November 11] ordered a new trial for a Black man who pleaded guilty to three gun-related charges in 2018, because his white public defender at the time turned out to have a deep hatred of Blacks, details of which he readily shared on his public Facebook page.”
Court overturns Black man's gun conviction because his lawyer was a virulent racist
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today ordered a new trial for a Black man who pleaded guilty to three gun-related charges in 2018, because his white public defender at the time turned out to have a de...
www.universalhub.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“The #Massachusetts Appeals Court [on November 11] ordered a new trial for a Black man who pleaded guilty to three gun-related charges in 2018, because his white public defender at the time turned out to have a deep hatred of Blacks, details of which he readily shared on his public Facebook page.”
“A #Boston federal judge [on November 6] ordered Mirian Ximena Abarca Tixe freed immediately from the 8x10 windowless basement room with no bed or sink - or access to her lawyer - that ICE stuck her in … after returning her from the Texas prison it had shoved her in without telling anybody.”
Judge orders immigrant freed from windowless basement hellhole in Burlington
A Boston federal judge today ordered Mirian Ximena Abarca Tixe freed immediately from the 8x10 windowless basement room with no bed or sink - or access to her lawyer - that ICE stuck her in last week ...
www.universalhub.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“A #Boston federal judge [on November 6] ordered Mirian Ximena Abarca Tixe freed immediately from the 8x10 windowless basement room with no bed or sink - or access to her lawyer - that ICE stuck her in … after returning her from the Texas prison it had shoved her in without telling anybody.”
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Your “NFT” vanity plate isn't cool but at least you're not driving a Cybertruck.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Your “NFT” vanity plate isn't cool but at least you're not driving a Cybertruck.
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I am fascinated by the growing number of conservatives who claim I should be ‘denaturalized & deported’ because I am apparently anti-American (based on what?); these same folks who hate many of the core freedoms & rights in the American Constitution, including the 1st & 14th Amendments. The irony.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I am fascinated by the growing number of conservatives who claim I should be ‘denaturalized & deported’ because I am apparently anti-American (based on what?); these same folks who hate many of the core freedoms & rights in the American Constitution, including the 1st & 14th Amendments. The irony.
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As the judicial system continues to create incredibly specific carve-outs for trans people where laws and civil rights and common decency no longer apply, I want you to think very quickly and concisely about what the regime's endgame is here. Yeah, it's that. That thought you don't want to say.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
As the judicial system continues to create incredibly specific carve-outs for trans people where laws and civil rights and common decency no longer apply, I want you to think very quickly and concisely about what the regime's endgame is here. Yeah, it's that. That thought you don't want to say.
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
“A former college police officer is behind bars after he allegedly battered the woman he was living with by pointing a gun at her head and causing multiple bruises on her face and limbs, according to Plymouth police.”
Former college police officer held on domestic violence charges - Plymouth Independent
A former college police officer is behind bars after he allegedly battered the woman he was living with by pointing a gun at her head and causing multiple bruises on her face and limbs, according to P...
www.plymouthindependent.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“A former college police officer is behind bars after he allegedly battered the woman he was living with by pointing a gun at her head and causing multiple bruises on her face and limbs, according to Plymouth police.”
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“A member of the embattled #Canton Police Department has been placed on paid administrative leave following ‘allegations of misconduct,’ the town and interim police chief said Monday. The officer was identified as Sgt. Sean Goode.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Canton police sergeant placed on leave due to ‘allegations of misconduct'
A Canton police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave following “allegations of misconduct,” the town and interim police chief said Monday.
www.nbcboston.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“A member of the embattled #Canton Police Department has been placed on paid administrative leave following ‘allegations of misconduct,’ the town and interim police chief said Monday. The officer was identified as Sgt. Sean Goode.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
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“A former #Fitchburg police officer the state recently banned from the profession has been arrested on allegations he raped a woman near his cruiser a decade ago. James S. McCall, 50, … was arrested by state police Oct. 29 on an aggravated rape charge, court records show.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Decertified Fitchburg cop charged with raping woman while in uniform a decade ago
James McCall was arrested Oct. 29, two months after a state commission banned him from serving as a police officer over unrelated allegations.
www.telegram.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“A former #Fitchburg police officer the state recently banned from the profession has been arrested on allegations he raped a woman near his cruiser a decade ago. James S. McCall, 50, … was arrested by state police Oct. 29 on an aggravated rape charge, court records show.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
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The #Fitchburg Police Department is collaborating with ICE, using the familiar excuse that police officers are only doing crowd control and not actively assisting in arrests.
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Fitchburg police officers called to ICE apprehension after scene becomes 'hostile'
Situation unfolds early Thursday on Kimball Street.
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The #Fitchburg Police Department is collaborating with ICE, using the familiar excuse that police officers are only doing crowd control and not actively assisting in arrests.
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
“A local nonprofit serving current and formerly incarcerated prisoners says the state Department of Correction’s moves to improve transparency in the wake of several suicides is not enough.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
Surge of suicides in state prisons raises accountability questions
In September, there were two deaths in a week.
www.wgbh.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“A local nonprofit serving current and formerly incarcerated prisoners says the state Department of Correction’s moves to improve transparency in the wake of several suicides is not enough.”
#Massachusetts
#Massachusetts
ATTENTION JOURNALISTS: They aren't "alleged drug traffickers" or "alleged narco-terrorists," they are Venezuelans.
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
ATTENTION JOURNALISTS: They aren't "alleged drug traffickers" or "alleged narco-terrorists," they are Venezuelans.
This is Natasha, and she is a very bad cat. Tonight, she jumped on the kitchen table, knocked over some lettuce, and ate from a bowl of shredded cheese that was only intended for humans.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is Natasha, and she is a very bad cat. Tonight, she jumped on the kitchen table, knocked over some lettuce, and ate from a bowl of shredded cheese that was only intended for humans.