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Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council settles suit brought by ACLU of Massachusetts

Regional law enforcement group agrees that state public records law applies to its records; releases hundreds of pages of documents.

Black Lives Matter demonstrators cleared of disorderly conduct, trespassing charges

Schoolteacher couple successfully fought charges stemming from their arrest after a Boston rally that followed the failure to indict a New York police officer who choked an unarmed Black man to death.