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By Bill Walczak, Reporter Columnist
April 15, 2021
A trash-strewn embankment along the southeast expressway near Tenean Beach. Bill Walczak photo
In 1954, construction began on the Southeast Expressway, with Dorchester the chosen path for a highway that would allowing for hundreds of thousands of suburbanites to get to and from downtown Boston. Not only did leaders of our Commonwealth decide to place their busiest highway into Boston in Dorchester, but its designers decided that it would be put on an embankment as much as 15-30 feet high in most sections, except in Savin Hill, where it would slice below grade. These high embankments above grade and the high walls for sections below grade block much of Dorchester from its waterfront.
How can we prevent the next George Floyd? Prevent the next Derek Chauvin MSNBC 3/9/2021 Frank Figliuzzi © Chandan Khanna A protest art piece created by Visual Black Justice outside of the Hennepin County Government Center before jury selection begins in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 8, 2021.
Two events are converging this week that could prompt renewed hopes to change both police conduct and who gets to join those agencies.
Are we doing enough to prevent the next Derek Chauvin?
On Feb. 24, the House passed a police reform bill called the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The bill, a policing overhaul named for George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man who died last Memorial Day after Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for almost eight minutes, passed 220 to 212, mostly along party lines.
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Derek Chauvin s trial reminds us about the work still to be done to reform the police.Chandan Khanna / AFP - Getty Images
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Two events are converging this week that could prompt renewed hopes to change both police conduct and who gets to join those agencies.
Are we doing enough to prevent the next Derek Chauvin?
On Feb. 24, the House passed a police reform bill called the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The bill, a policing overhaul named for George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man who died last Memorial Day after Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for almost eight minutes, passed 220 to 212, mostly along party lines.
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