Joseph McDonald Jr.
Joseph James McDonald Jr., of State College, and formerly Millheim, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. He was 73.
Born Nov. 27, 1947, in Pittsburgh, the son of the late Joseph and Margaret (Spence) McDonald, Joe was raised in Washington D.C., where he attended Oyster, Gordon, and Deal elementary and middle schools, Woodrow Wilson High School, and the Landon School, from which he graduated in 1966.
A decorated athlete and all-league selection, Joe honed his skills at Washington’s Jelleff Boys Club.
He attended The Pennsylvania State University on an athletic scholarship, before a knee injury prematurely ended his basketball career, and was a brother of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He graduated in 1970.
AG calls out Bristol sheriff in ongoing battle over alleged civil rights violations at his detention center
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated December 22, 2020, 5:36 p.m.
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Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (left) and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.Steven Senne/AP; John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (Custom credit)
Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday fired back at Bristol Sheriff Thomas Hodgson in a sharply worded letter, suggesting he should discuss with her office his concerns about a recent investigation into alleged civil rights violations at his detention center.
In an e-mail to Hodgson,
Healey questioned why
to complain about not being interviewed.
Attorneys representing a group of Massachusetts taxpayers say the Plymouth County Sheriff s Department is engaged in an illegal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out immigration enforcement activities.
The lawsuit, filed Monday by Boston-based Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), said the department, under the leadership of Sheriff Joseph McDonald Jr., signed a contract with ICE to engage in arrests, detentions and interrogations of people suspected of being in the country without documentation. I think people should be, frankly, pretty disturbed, said Oren Nimni, a staff attorney at LCR. Local county sheriffs agreeing to enforce federal civil immigration law . these aren t things that we voted on and decided are OK. They re just agreements that county sheriffs undertook to sign because they wanted to, and they re using taxpayer money to do federal immigration enforcement.