BLM Archives

SPECIAL FEATURE: SWAMPSCOTT VS. SHIMMY

The prosecution of Ernst Jean-Jacques Jr. on the North Shore is a clear example of a Black Lives Matter activist being targeted by local law enforcement. Without national attention on the case, authorities are playing by their own rules.

SOPHIE YARIN July 20, 2021

IS PEER INTERVENTION FOR COPS AN EPIC FAIL IN THE MAKING? A LOOK AT THE NOLA PROGRAM HEADED FOR BOSTON.

“They’re designed to punish a few officers or in some of these cases just to stop them from doing bad things before they get there.”

MITA KATARIA July 28, 2020

WHAT ARE WE MISSING? JOIN US FOR A PANEL ABOUT MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLICE VIOLENCE

What well-documented history is often left out? And why?

BINJ ONLINE July 3, 2020

SILENCE STILL EQUALS DEATH: ACT UP FOUNDERS REFLECT ON AIDS ACTIVISM, TALK COVID AND CURRENT PROTESTS

“Anyone who thinks the Black Lives Matter movement is not doing a very good job should pay attention to the astonishing movement in public opinion. Sometimes you have to scream real loud or use a bad word.”

NOAH SCHAFFER June 24, 2020

IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN POLICE RECORDS IN MASS. WILL THAT EVER CHANGE?

For anybody trying to get public information on police in Mass, there are several stumbling blocks, any number of which stymied USA Today.

MAYA SHAFFER June 20, 2020

YOUTH ORGANIZERS ON FRONT LINES OF PROTESTS RESPOND TO AGGRESSION WITH SOLIDARITY

“If you want to show us that you’re there for our protection, you should have been there beside us, not coming at the end to start antagonizing protesters.”

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 11, 2020

BEFORE SUNDAY’S MAJOR BOSTON PROTEST, CLERGY MARCHED TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS

“I see the connection today as the ministers coming together to stand for justice, to stand for unity, to stand for righteousness, as the mighty wind that will transform the state of Massachusetts, the nation of the United States, and the world.”

CLAIRE SADAR June 1, 2020

PHOTOS: BOSTON PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD & POLICE BRUTALITY EVERYWHERE

The Hub action, which was organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality, saw protesters march to Nubian Square in Roxbury, and later to the Boston Police Department’s District 4 station in the South End.

KEIKO HIROMI May 30, 2020