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...]
Barry Scott Wins Conviction Overturn in 2007 Disorderly Conduct Charge
Here is the text of Barry Scott's public statement: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturns Barry Scott charge in Provincetown, MA case! Letter from Barry Scott, 2/21/2011, concerning SJC ruling in his favor: With great jubilation, I … [Read more...]
FOIA Request Follows on P-Town Arrest
AVP Launches Inquiry into Controversial Provincetown Arrest The Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project today sent a Public Records Act request to Acting Chief Warren Tobias of the Provincetown Police Department. On Monday, the Town of … [Read more...]
Charges Against Barry Scott Should Be Dropped
The sum total of the press coverage of the violent arrest in Provincetown last Saturday is that a fair investigation is impossible while Warren Tobias remains Acting Police Chief. His indignant suggestion that there could have not possibly … [Read more...]
Provincetown Must Investigate Use of Force Against Gay Man
The Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project138 Chandler Street, Number FourBoston, Massachusetts 02116 July 17, 2007Ms. Sharon LynnTown ManagerProvincetown City Hall, 260 Commercial StreetMr. Warren TobiasActing Police Chief, … [Read more...]