THE FEDS ARE INVESTIGATING UMASS AMHERST FOR ANTI-PALESTINIAN BIAS

Via The Intercept

#News #DepartmentofEducation #DOE #USA #CivilRights #UMassAmherst #MA

“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias

The Education Department is probing claims that UMass Amherst discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel’s war on Gaza.

^{Prem Thakker (The Intercept)}

Federal lawsuit alleges Boston police hid evidence, paid witnesses in murder case

There are good things to say about My Home State and the City Next Door.... But Police Conduct and Actions are NOT among the things I would ever say Good Things About.

The BPD's Finest... Prioritized clearing cases over All Else... Paid Witnesses... Extorted Testimony... Withheld Evidence... Ignored Reality

#PoliceAbuse #PoliceCrimes #JusticeDenied #JusticeDelayed #FederalLawsuit #Boston #MA

Federal lawsuit alleges Boston police hid evidence, paid witnesses in murder case | WBUR News

Shaun Jenkins filed a complaint in US District Court in Boston Thursday alleging that Boston police detectives paid witnesses and hid evidence that could have exonerated him in the 2001 fatal shooting of his cousin Stephen Jenkins.

^{Deborah Becker (WBUR)}

The Skeletons of the Red Line

The Skeletons of the Red Line | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

The six-minute subway ride between Harvard and Central Square isn’t the most entertaining journey. But if passengers were to squint out the window as the Red Line rounded the curve out of Harvard Station, they could see the abandoned shell of another…

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Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs

The legislation, HD 3822, states, “The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program shall allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence in [prison], on the condition that the incarcerated individual has donated bone marrow or organ(s).”

Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs

A new bill would allow prisoners to get time off their sentence if they donate their organs or bone marrow.

^{Matthew Cunningham-Cook (The Lever)}