Massachusetts passes police reform
In the face of a pandemic and a well-funded opposition campaign from police unions, the people of Massachusetts took to the streets to demand change, and Beacon Hill heard the people.
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In the face of a pandemic and a well-funded opposition campaign from police unions, the people of Massachusetts took to the streets to demand change, and Beacon Hill heard the people.
In the wake of peaceful protests against police brutality, the ACLU of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the City of Springfield demanding information about the Springfield Police Department and its racially discriminatory policing patterns and practices.
It is clear that the Bureau of Prisons and FMC Devens are not taking necessary steps to keep incarcerated people—and by extension, the general public—safe.
The public deserves to know what happened in Bristol County’s immigration detention facility. The ACLU of Massachusetts has sued the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office for information about a violent incident that occurred there this month.
The ACLU, represented by Foley Hoag LLP, is seeking audiovisual recordings, documents, and other records concerning a violent incident at the Bristol County immigration detention facility.
In a lawsuit to limit outbreaks of COVID-19 in Massachusetts prisons and jails, the Supreme Judicial Court today issued a modified opinion.