Danny McDonald
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Reporter for @BostonGlobe . Terrible at Twitter, with zero desire to get better. Formerly the worst bartender in London. Get in touch: daniel.mcdonald @globe .com
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There’s a guy here with a swastika tattoo and several people who are saying they’re from the “Nationalist Social Club.”
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#Breaking
: Former congressman Joe Kennedy III has rescinded his endorsement of Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo. Kennedy is the first major endorser to do so in the wake of the Globe’s report about past sexual misconduct allegations against Arroyo.
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Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara is under fire for an antisemitic tweet that played on Jewish stereotypes of money and power.
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Someone yelling about mind-control. Another person: “I’m so sick of liberals telling me who to hate.”
And the argument, as all Boston arguments eventually do, has devolved into yelling about who actually lives in the city, what neighborhood they live in, and for how long.
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Crowd of thousands in downtown Boston is doing a sit in/die in near the Poe statue off Boylston in protest of Roe being overturned.
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Ruthzee Louijeune, an at-large city councilor who was the top vote-getter in this week’s municipal election, announced Thursday that she has enough support from her colleagues to become the body’s president in January.
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BREAKING: Boston City Council passes $3.4 million in grants for BRIC, a controversial police intelligence gathering operation. The 7-5 votes broke along racial lines. All the "yes" votes were white. All the "no" votes were councilors of color. Background:
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#Breaking
: Am told both Massachusetts US senators -- Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren -- are rescinding their endorsement of Ricardo Arroyo in the Suffolk DA's race.
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After flat-footed response to a white supremacist march, questions about Boston police intelligence gathering via
@BostonGlobe
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Just how racist is the distribution of liquor licenses in Boston?
The city’s four neighborhoods with the highest number of white residents hold eight times as many liquor licenses per person as Boston’s four most diverse neighborhoods.
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Suffolk Superior Court judge has sided with Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, ordered city of Boston to provide him with the 2005 investigative file, with some redactions, by 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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Downtown is quiet right now. Men’s Wearhouse has been looted. Guys are trying on menswear across the street.
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In Suffolk DA's race, Kevin Hayden's campaign is declaring victory over Ricardo Arroyo. Source from the Hayden campaign says they have nearly 80 percent of the precincts in and are up 15 points.
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Crowd is marching on Tremont Street next to common. Chanting “Black lives matter!”
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#BREAKING
: A Suffolk Superior Court judge has denied Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White's motion for an injunction that would block his firing. Story tk.
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There’s maybe 50 people at the pro law enforcement rally. Many more counterprotesters across the street. I would say several hundred.
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Statement from Joe Kennedy spokesman:
"These allegations are incredibly serious and undermine the foundation of an effective DA's office -- trust and accountability. In light of this, Joe notified the campaign this morning that he is withdrawing his endorsement."
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Here at Florian Hall before firefighters union presser opposing vaccination mandate for Boston workers.
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NEW: In wake of allegations, Boston City Council President Ed Flynn strips Councilor Ricardo Arroyo of council vice presidency, chairmanships via
@BostonGlobe
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Boston City Council passes a measure that would set up a new police watchdog in the city by 12-1 vote. The new entity, independent of BPD, would have subpoena power to probe police affairs. Mayor could veto it; his office said he will review final language after the vote.
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Counterprotesters far outnumbering the pro police demonstrators today.
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One woman yells at another to “shut your fat ass up.”” Cops getting in between two groups who are yelling at each other now. Randomly someone just screamed “Where’s Marty Walsh!?” Someone is upset someone else took a photo of them. All told pretty ugly scenes here.
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A Black Boston firefighter, a career cut short, and a 40-year pension fight. via
@BostonGlobe
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A trio of women are protesting in city council offices. They are yelling “Disbar Arroyo!”
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She overcame monumental challenges after arriving in Boston as a child. Now, Tania Fernandes Anderson will break multiple barriers as city councilor. via
@BostonGlobe
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Andrea Campbell calls on Acting Mayor Janey to release Patrick Rose findings from city Office of Police Accountability and Transparency via
@BostonGlobe
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Pro cop rally is all done and everyone is gone. Still large group of counterprotesters on Beacon Street.
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BREAKING: The city of Boston is filing an appeal to a court ruling last week that granted an injunction blocking the Wu administration's ability to enforce the workforce vax mandate for three unions. Wu had previously hinted the city would appeal that decision. Story tk.
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NEW: Amid push for systemic change, city councilor wants equity proof from BPDA via
@BostonGlobe
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Lot going on here.
A German rapper turned Islamic State fighter who reportedly married the FBI translator hired to spy on him has been killed in an airstrike in Syria
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Word is that Marcus Smart is going to be our next senator from the Commonwealth.
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Woman with a “Confront your racist peers” sign is standing off with some of the pro cop dudes.
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Marching past groups of cops on Washington Street in the Theatre District, protesters chant “Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go.”
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At Dorchester ribbon cutting, Boston Mayor Wu does not rescind her endorsement of Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo. “I am watching to see how this story evolves,” she says.
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“The challenge is to white people to act,” says AG Maura Healey at a presser in Boston.
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Mere yards from the burning cop car, another standoff between riot gear wearing police and civilians. An explosion just came from the burning car, drawing a yell from the crowd. The entire block smells like smoke.
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Couple hundred people on City Hall Plaza right now demonstrating against systemic racism.
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Soon-to-be acting Boston mayor Kim Janey names her chief of staff: the city's so-called "streets chief" Chris Osgood.
H/t to
@CotterReporter
, who had it first.
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Police are slowing walking people down Tremont Street. There is no violent clashing now here. Weirdly people are still driving downtown and laying on the horn because they can’t move through the intersection with School. “You ain’t going nowhere,” says one man on foot.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has herself a mural in Cambridge’s Central Square.
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A Boston police lieutenant who was arrested for alleged drunken driving last weekend in Walpole had previously been fired by the department for leaving the scene of a crash where open beers were found in his vehicle, but then was reinstated via arbitration
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Someone is singing the national anthem at the pro law enforcement. Across the street, people take a knee.
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Boston councilors mull facial recognition ban: ‘The benefits of that technology . . . don’t outweigh the risk’ via
@BostonGlobe
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Ricardo Arroyo, in an emotional and tearful statement to close supporters and family, has conceded the D-5 city council race.
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As teens, these Bostonians were sentenced to life behind bars for murder. Now they’re out and trying to help others heal. via
@BostonGlobe
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Joint statement from the senators:
"The accusations in this case are serious, and in light of the latest victim statement's reported in Tuesday evening's Boston Globe, we have notified the campaign that we are rescinding our endorsement of Ricardo Arroyo for District Attorney."
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Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden is facing two ethics probes from separate state entities via
@BostonGlobe
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A scuffle has broken out in the hallway outside the chambers. One guys is being cuffed by the cops. More yelling. People are being physically restrained from going at one another by security and cops
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Alex Morse, the Holyoke mayor who is challenging US Rep. Richie Neal in Dem. primary, releases ad highlighting his brother's struggles with addiction. Ad also rips Neal for "fighting for the same drug companies that are fueling this crisis.”
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Jean-Luc Pierite, president of the North American Indian Center of Boston, tells the crowd “No matter what happens this week, the good guys did not win.” The comment is met with a few cheers and a smattering of applause.
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Police vehicles just approached the crowd on Beacon Street in front of State House. Crowd now moving toward the vehicles. Some have hands up. Police vehicles are now reversing down Beacon.
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BREAKING: Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu is running for mayor, Walsh says via
@BostonGlobe
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At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Hyde Park is an all too rare thing in Boston nowadays: a housing success story.
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Incredible Anthony Bourdain mural in Cambridge’s Graffiti Alley right now.
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This Uber driver is refusing to put on the Sox-Yanks playoff game and I’m pretty sure that’s a felony in the Commonwealth?
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City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George is running for mayor. Her husband, Doug, a housing developer, has had a lot of problems with City Hall. via
@BostonGlobe
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Despair is a 24/7 business at Boston's Mass. and Cass, We spent 12 hours there recently, documenting the daily realities at the heart of the city's opioid and homelessness crises.
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An assistant clerk magistrate this morning found probable cause on all charges related to JP car crash involving City Councilor Kendra Lara. Lara now faces an additional two charges: negligent operation and wanton endangerment of a child. She is expected to be arraigned today.
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Protest is approaching Boston police HQ chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot”
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Bus full of people in fatigues just stopped on Boylston. They’re wearing vests that say “Military police.” Across the street, a crew works to board up a Crate & Barrel with plywood.
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Story on shooting in Hanover, N.H. that prompted a lockdown at Dartmouth College has been updated.
“I could not comprehend it as real at first,” said one freshman from Wellesley, Mass.
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Here at city council hearing regarding city’s vaccination mandate. Frank Baker imploring Mayor Wu to drop that workforce requirement. “I believe sometimes the cure can be worse than the cancer,” he says.
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Boston police commissioner says he spoke repeatedly with Walsh about his past troubles, claims mayor knew of restraining order via
@BostonGlobe
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Frank Baker says Wu admin is “disrespecting us.”
“I’ll be damned if I’ll let people lose their jobs,” he yells. Some union folks clap in the chamber.
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A few dozen people have gathered in a small Roxbury park for a pro-democracy demonstration this evening. The park is across from B-2 police station and has been the site of multiple rallies protesting systemic racism in recent months.
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More than 20 firefighters have responded to a fire at Union Oyster House in Boston's Faneuil Hall
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Boston city council passes $4.2 billion operating budget that would cut BPD by $31 million via
@BostonGlobe
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Boston City Council President Pro Tempore Matt O’Malley is requiring all in-person council staff to show proof of vaccination or a weekly COVID-19 test starting Aug. 30.
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Three Black and Latino organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint Wednesday against the City of Boston, alleging its public contracting system engages in a pattern of discrimination against Black- and Latino-owned businesses.
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Because of COVID-19, much of the quirkiness that defines Cambridge’s Central Square appears to be in flux. via
@BostonGlobe
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Crowd has grown in size, now stretches from the sidewalk in front of the bank here in Nubian Square, onto Washington Street, and the bus terminal across the street.
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The mayoral campaign for City Councilor Andrea Campbell released its first television ad of the race on Friday, in the latest indicator that the crowded contest is ramping up with a little more than a month left before the Sept. 14 preliminary election.
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Anti-vax mandate protesters drowning out City Hall Covid announcement right now. Few dozen folks singing the national anthem
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Crowd chanting “Terrence Coleman!” down Dartmouth Street.
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Helen Antenucci, who at 76 still drives the Blue Line, packed her uniform when she was evacuated from her Leyden Street home because of the Eastie fire on Friday.
“I have the first train out tomorrow,” she said. “What am I going to tell them, ‘No, I can’t come in?’”
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‘I’ve never been in a place like this’: In Dorchester’s Four Corners, a housing success story via
@BostonGlobe
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‘Adapt and adjust.’ With grit and grumbles, commuters weathered the first Monday without the Orange Line. via
@BostonGlobe
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Boston police account for $31 million of city legal payouts since 2020, including $16 million for wrongfully convicted man via
@BostonGlobe
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The court hearing regarding Councilor Kendra Lara’s residency is pausing as the city’s election commissioners review docs in the case. Objectors argued Lara only showed 5 months proof of residency, not 12. Lara said she can provide more docs if need be.
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Keytar Bear presently plying his trade across the street from the Globe.
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 was Boston’s strangest disaster
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In the race for Suffolk DA, Ricardo Arroyo doubles down on progressive reform as a path to victory via
@BostonGlobe
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