New Bedford police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people, report says
By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 2 hours ago
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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell (at the podium) said in a statement that the city will closely review the report and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that policing in our city is evenhanded.âBarry Chin
A scathing new report alleges that New Bedford police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people over the past five years, as a handful of officers frequently targeted young people of color in the cityâs lower-income neighborhoods.
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Supporters of Massachusetts families whose loved ones have been killed by police held a rally and march in Boston on Saturday as part of a national day of action. It was one of two rallies held in the city, just days before the start of the trial in the killing of George Floyd.
Mass Action Against Police Brutality, a local advocacy group, organized a 1 p.m. gathering in Peters Park in the city s South End neighborhood.
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Mass Action Against Police Brutality says the rallies are the next step in a series of family-first events and activities aimed at underscoring the central demands of the families: prosecuting police officers and reopening police brutality cases.
Protesters in Boston call for action on police killing cases
Associated Press 3/6/2021
BOSTON (AP) Supporters of Massachusetts families whose loved ones have been killed by police rallied in Boston on Saturday as part of a national day of action.
Mass Action Against Police Brutality, a local advocacy group, said it organized the afternoon gathering in Peters Park in the city s South End neighborhood.
The organization said similar events were taking place in at least 17 other states Saturday, including California, New York, Ohio, Texas, Florida and Georgia.
The rallies are timed just ahead of the expected March 8 start of the trial of the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, charged in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year.