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Denise Herd of the Berkeley School of Public Health discusses police violence and its health impacts on a panel at an annual conference hosted by Boston University School of Law on Friday. DANIEL MU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Annual BU Law Review Conference tackles police violence

Janu Pangeni October 30, 2019
Boston University's School of Law used the 30th anniversary of Graham v. Connor as the jumping off point for the Annual BU Law Review Conference Friday, titled, “Beyond Bad Apples: Exploring Legal Determinants of Police Violence.”
The Boston Police Department’s Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross speaks at an event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. in January 2017. Gross took to Facebook Sunday regarding his views on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against the BPD. PHOTO COURTESY OF JERRY SASLAV/ U.S. AIR FORCE

Boston police commissioner stirs controversy with Facebook post criticizing ACLU racial profiling lawsuit

Alex LaSalvia November 29, 2018

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross caused controversy when, on his private Facebook account, he criticized the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts for their Nov. 15 lawsuit against...

The Boston Police Department is considering the use of social media scanners. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPD considers using social media scanners

Carina Imbornone December 1, 2016

The Boston Police Department is considering implementing software which would scan public social media data for threats to public safety, according to a statement from the BPD. The program has a...

A man’s body was discovered in the Charles River early Friday morning by two joggers near the Longfellow Bridge. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Officials confirm body found in Charles River

Kennedy Davis February 7, 2016

A body was found in the Charles River at approximately 8:17 a.m. Thursday, according to Elizabeth Vlock of the Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office. “The body of an unidentified...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Thursday, April 30. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tsarnaev begins appeal process, seeks new trial

Mina Corpuz July 8, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion Monday calling for a new trial to challenge the death sentence Tsarnaev received for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the violence that...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that names of jurors are public record. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts Supreme Court rules jurors’ names public record

Monika Nayak January 30, 2015

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that all jurors’ names are to be included in public records prior to or at the conclusion of a trial. The decision came down in an appeal from...

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