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May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
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.
May 26, 2015
Dec 11, 2014
Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014
REVISED: Judge dismisses criminal complaint against ACLU client who recorded Somerville police encounter
Court had previously charged Wenzday Jane for "interfering with a police officer" after she used her phone to video-record police questioning three teenagers on a playground.
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Police Accountability
Aug 06, 2014
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May 16, 2013
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