Blue Mass Group

Reality-based commentary on politics.

  • Shop
  • Subscribe to BMG
  • Contact
  • Log In
  • Front Page
  • All Posts
  • About
  • Rules
  • Events
  • Register on BMG
  • April 24, 2018

How Much Does The Press Care About Race and Policing?

October 8, 2015 By marthews Leave a Comment

On October 7, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts legislature held a marathon hearing on "Protected Classes. Privacy, and Data Collection Legislation". To be fair, Boston.com and the Boston Herald both reproduced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, boston-herald, fourth-amendment, judiciary committee, racial-profiling

Boston Police Have a Racially Biased Policing Problem, and a Golden Opportunity to Reform

October 9, 2014 By ACLUm blog 6 Comments

Boston Police Have a Racially Biased Policing Problem, and a Golden Opportunity to Reform

During the summer of 2011, then-19-year-old Ivan Richiez was robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped by two men in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Bruised and bloodied, Ivan walked home passed the local Boston Police Department … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-police, boston-police-department, police, police-brutality, racial-justice, racial-profiling, racism, stop-and-frisk

CA prisons on brink of collapse – is Massachusetts next in line?

August 20, 2009 By AmberPaw 20 Comments

LA Times Reports Governor Schwarzenegger warned today that the entire California prison system is on the brink of collapse.  The governor and his corrections chief, Matt Cate, walked through the destruction at a housing unit for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: california, chino, cruel-and-unusual-punishment, incarceration, massachusetts, prison, racial-profiling, rate-of-incarceration

“Racial Profiling Is Alive And Well”

July 22, 2009 By ACLUm blog 7 Comments

This incident itself is an opening to the issue of racial profiling.  Here are links to information about two other recent, prominent cases: http://www.aclum.org/news/2007... http://www.aclum.org/docket/va... The first involves the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, gates, race, racial-profiling

ARRESTED – Professor Henry Lewis Gates of Harvard arrested for entering his own home

July 21, 2009 By AmberPaw 16 Comments

Professor Henry Lewis Gates of Harvard was arrested in his own house, on his own front porch on July 15, 2009.  A white bystander noticed him forcing open his own door, which was stuck, and called police.   Detailed Harvard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: comm.-v.-lora, disorderly, harvard, henry-lewis-gates, racial-profiling

63% of the juveniles in lock ups are minority – ACLU flunks the Bay State

December 10, 2007 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

For the whole report, go to: http://www.aclu.org/intlhumanr... You can see their results for most states. For Massachusetts: The study also found fault with what it called state inaction on the disproportionate rate that children of color … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, disparities-in-sentencing, juvenile-justice, racial-profiling, racism

Election Day Countdown

Election Day 2018Countdown

Donate to BMG’s slate for US Congress

BMG’s MA Democratic primary directory
MA primary day is September 4, 2018

Recommended Posts

  • Boston Strong on Patriots Day (5)
  • White spaces persist in Boston (5)
  • Bad legislation from the Bad Markey (2)
  • What's the Downside of Demanding Wage Transparency? (2)
  • RIP State Representative Jim Miceli (1)

Recent User Posts

Bad legislation from the Bad Markey

April 23, 2018 By uncaffeine Leave a Comment

RIP State Representative Jim Miceli

April 21, 2018 By Christopher Leave a Comment

What’s the Downside of Demanding Wage Transparency?

April 20, 2018 By johntmay 6 Comments

RIP First Lady Barbara Bush

April 17, 2018 By Christopher Leave a Comment

Former Westfield, MA City Councilor Sent to “Facebook Jail” for Participating in Democracy

April 15, 2018 By Steve Dondley 1 Comment

Hedgefund Money Is Not Good for the Democratic Party

April 15, 2018 By joeltpatterson 31 Comments

Recent Comments

  • petr on White spaces persist in BostonI’d like to think the homo sapiens species is a lot more…
  • SomervilleTom on White spaces persist in BostonOh, and by the way, before considering "who should get t…
  • SomervilleTom on White spaces persist in BostonThis thread is about white spaces in Boston and systemic…
  • SomervilleTom on White spaces persist in BostonIndeed, I forgot to mention the "IOKIYAR" (It's OK If Yo…
  • Christopher on White spaces persist in BostonOK, stipulated that some people still have a problem wit…
  • johntmay on White spaces persist in BostonNobody said that anybody wasn’t “hard working”. I'll say…
  • johntmay on White spaces persist in BostonIn 5 years when my 5 grand is worth ten times that who s…

Archive

From our sponsors




Google Calendar

Latest Tweets

  • RT @TommyVitolo: Don’t dream, don’t dicker, don’t delay. Deploy. Deploy wind & solar. Deploy storage. Deploy energy efficiency for h… https://t.co/v8kswOwLlB

    4 hours ago
  • RT @MassSierraClub: This apologism for fracked gas is disturbing from a major business lobby & former Lt Gov @TimMurray_MA. It is 2018,… https://t.co/JuvSZcpqvA

    3 hours ago
  • RT @JimAloisi: Not building West Station early will be the biggest generational transportation mistake in #mapoli since the buildi… https://t.co/V6B8hvLlzP

    3 hours ago






Search

Archives

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
Advertisement
Advertisement

Copyright © 2018 Owned and operated by BMG Media Empire LLC. Read the terms of use. Some rights reserved.