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SETH KERSHNER

SETH KERSHNER

HAMPDEN COUNTY’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM

Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities

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SETH KERSHNER July 3, 2019
SETH KERSHNER

RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS

Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent

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SETH KERSHNER March 14, 2019
SETH KERSHNER

ATTACK OF THE PEACE POLICE

Despite cries from advocates and experts, heavily armed SWAT teams are increasingly deployed to nonviolent protests in Mass

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SETH KERSHNER June 7, 2018
SETH KERSHNER

CHILDREN AND SWAT RAIDS

The unintended consequences of militarized police in Massachusetts homes  At 5 a.m. on a hot August night in 2015, a van carrying the Worcester SWAT team pulled up outside a triple-decker on Hillside Street. The officers were wearing body armor, ballistic helmets and camouflage clothing. They came bearing shotguns, handguns

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SETH KERSHNER March 1, 2018
SETH KERSHNER

SMALL TOWN SWAT TEAM

A special investigation into the ‘militarization of Mayberry’ in Mass For a police department of only 40 officers, the April 23, 2015, raid by Ludlow Special Response Team had to be an all-hands-on-deck affair. At shortly past five o’clock in the morning, a team of 12 Ludlow officers — amounting to more than

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SETH KERSHNER November 15, 2017
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