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14-year-old boy arrested after loaded gun discovered in vehicle during traffic stop
By Charlie McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated May 11, 2021, 11:21 a.m.
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The Taurus G2C 9MM found in the waistband of a 14-year-old boy.Boston Police Department
Boston police arrested a 14-year-old boy Monday after officers discovered he had a warrant for his arrest on a carjacking charge and a loaded gun in his waistband during a traffic stop, police said.
Officers in the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Gaston Street in Roxbury pulled the vehicle over at about 5:37 p.m. Monday after confirming its registration was expired, Boston police wrote in a statement on their website. The carâs registration had been expired since October. The carâs other passengers were both not wearing seatbelts, prompting officers to ask for their identification, police said.
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May 7, 2021
Boston is home to one of the largest populations of Haitian immigrants in the United States and became the first City to celebrate May as Haitian Heritage Month in 1998.
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This month-long celebration grew from the Haitian Flag Day on May 18, a nationally recognized day in Haiti, the U.S., and throughout the Diaspora. In years past, Haitian Flag Day was commemorated in Boston with a parade along Blue Hill Avenue through Dorchester and Mattapan.
The Haitian community in Boston is incredibly active, with several community organizations based here, including Haitian Americans United, Association of Haitian Women in Boston, Haitian American Public Health Initiatives, Inc., the Haitian Nurses Association (HNA), the Boston Haitian Reporter, as well as over 100 small businesses.
Adapted from Chapter One, “Wounds”
For several decades Southern black folks carrying suitcases full of prized possessions fled poverty and threats of lynching to pursue the elusive dream of a better life in Northern cities like Boston. By the early 1960s, turbulence and race uprisings plagued much of the country yet bypassed Boston. The city had a self-congratulatory air because its predominantly African American community of Roxbury exercised restraint while other cities burned. Everything changed that humid day in June.
I was seven years old at the time. That night in my aunt and uncle’s apartment, I watched the nightly news report bearing witness to mothers treated like chattel and an agitated crowd cursing and hurling rocks at the police. The reporter said the violence would likely carry on throughout the night. As we watched in stunned silence, suddenly we heard someone pounding on the front door. I hid nearby but within earshot, as my uncle barked “Who is it?” He un
Car splits in half after crashing into utility poles in Milton Share Updated: 12:59 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021
Car splits in half after crashing into utility poles in Milton Share Updated: 12:59 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript WE WANT TO GET YOU BACK OUT TO THE ROADS. KATIE: THIS IS BREAKING IN MILTON. BLUE HILL AVENUE AT BRUSH HILL ROAD. YOU SEE A CAR THAT SLAMMED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THAT UTILITY POLE JUST HANGING OVER THE ROADWAY.
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 12:59 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021 One person died after a car crashed into two utility poles in Milton early Wednesday and split in half.The crash happened just after 3 a.m. at Blue Hill Avenue and Canton Avenue. The 39-year-old driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.Police said speed appears to be a factor in the crash.A utility pole was left leaning over the roadway, and pieces of the vehicle were scattered about. The road was shut down whi