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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
CHRIS FARAONE

EFF AMPLIFIES CELL-SITE SIMULATOR INVESTIGATION

BINJ article provided “some of the most comprehensive information about modern CSS that the public has had access to in years.”

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CHRIS FARAONE June 13, 2024
DAN ATKINSON

FACIAL ANIMOSITY

As Massachusetts lawmakers weigh new facial recognition rules, their own guards shop for AI-enhanced surveillance that privacy advocates call “chilling,” “unlawful,” and “racially biased”

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DAN ATKINSON May 20, 2024
DAN ATKINSON

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SURREPTITIOUS SIMULATION

Massachusetts State Police purchased cell-phone surveillance tech that civil liberties watchdogs say invites concerning violations of constitutional protections. Is it too late for privacy advocates and lawmakers to put accountability measures in place?

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DAN ATKINSON April 3, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE

THE WALTHAM MURDERS: THE INTERVIEW

Speaking with Susan Clare Zalkind about her new book, The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy

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CHRIS FARAONE March 15, 2024
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