Back In Boston: Protest Against Police Killings Of Black People Resumes
Activist Yari Dudley addresses a crowd of 200 people at a protest against police brutaliy in the Boston Common, April 17, 2021
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Nearly after year after the death of George Floyd touched off dozens of local protests, about 200 demonstrators marched Saturday from Roxbury to Boston Common to call for justice for another black man killed by police in Minnesota, Duante Wright, who was shot during a traffic stop earlier this month.
âAt some point, enough is enough,â organizer Ernst Jean-Jacques told GBH News. âWeâre here to bring light to this case, and to the countless situations just like it here in Massachusetts.â
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Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months.
For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed and the case is going to trial. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his fist” before punching a woman. His attorney argues that he was trying to take a water bottle away from the woman as she threw water on him.
Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months. For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed and the case is going to trial. Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his.
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A child was rescued from the ocean off Massachusetts Tuesday after being taken away from shore by the tide, police said. The girl was on a raft at Preston Beach in Marblehead when she was carried out into the water, according to the Swampscott Police Department. Adults tried to catch her and the raft but couldn’t, according to the. Swampscott Apr 24, 2020
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