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ADAM NUÑEZ

Salem Police May Have Requested Federal Anti-Terrorism Monitoring At Pro-Palestine Encampment

The department also planned for the possibility of mass arrests, but won’t confirm the surveillance request

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ADAM NUÑEZ December 11, 2025
Someone walks past anti-ICE signage by Somerville Avenue in Somerville, MA, Oct. 5, 2025. Photo by Christopher Morris. Copyright 2025 Christopher Morris.
C. SCOTT MORRIS

Immigrants Hesitate To Access Social Services In Somerville

“There is no space for silence”

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C. SCOTT MORRIS October 16, 2025
ELIZA DEWEY

Boston Police Deployed 71 Drone Flights Over Caribbean Carnival

New records obtained by BINJ also confirm that BPD flew a drone over this year’s Dominican Parade

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ELIZA DEWEY October 2, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

New BINJ Reporting On Drones And Police Accountability

New reporting by Eliza Dewey asks if Boston police are sharing surveillance data with federal immigration officials

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CHRIS FARAONE September 11, 2025
ELIZA DEWEY

Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us.

We asked if the Boston Police Department is sharing footage from unmanned aerial vehicles with federal law enforcement agencies

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ELIZA DEWEY September 10, 2025
Police preparing to move on the protesters at UMass, May 7, 2024. Photo: Leyla Moushabeck.
ART KEENE

UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment

The police intervention … involved over 200 police officers including UMass Police, State Troopers (including the State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)), Town of Amherst police, Town of Hadley police, and members of the Hampshire and Hampden County Sheriff’s offices.

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ART KEENE May 15, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

Massachusetts Cops Are Increasingly Monitoring Drones, But At What Cost?

As police and civilian drone usage climbs despite a lack of clear guidelines and changing rules, authorities, advocates, and amateurs struggle to keep a close watch on each other Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually

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DANA FORSYTHE March 26, 2025
BINJ ONLINE

THE BEST OF BINJ: POLICE & SURVEILLANCE REPORTING

From multiple features on SWAT raids across the Bay State to extensive reporting on surveillance and Fourth Amendment issues

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BINJ ONLINE November 11, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE

NEW BINJ COLLABORATION WITH INVISIBLE INSTITUTE

The lack of comprehensive employment history data in Massachusetts is driven home by the launch of a data tool for exactly that information from 17 other states this week

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CHRIS FARAONE September 18, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE AND SAM STECKLOW

Half The Story: A Deep Dive On What’s Come Of Police Reform In Massachusetts

Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”

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CHRIS FARAONE AND SAM STECKLOW September 18, 2024
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