Gordon Russell
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Deputy editor, Globe Spotlight Team. Former longtime managing editor/investigations at The Times-Pic | The Advocate.
Boston, MA
Joined April 2011
RT @keribla: Former @latimes reporter @mayalau is SUING ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva, ex-detective Mark Lillienfeld and the county, saying th….
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Former Times reporter Maya Lau has filed a lawsuit claiming Los Angeles County and former Sheriff Alex Villanueva violated her 1st Amendment rights.
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RT @bmccarthynews: Do you dig investigative reporting? Want the story behind the story? Lucky for you, we just launched a new, expanded @Gl….
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RT @joeflech: Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants. ✍️ @GordonRussell….
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The newspaper sought information from each of Massachusetts' 400-plus police departments about how they handle confidential informants.
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Also make sure to check out @GlobeSpotlight's companion "Snitch City" podcast. Episodes 1&2 are out; 3 coming next wk. You can find in the normal pod places, or here:
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An officer’s abuse of the informant system is just the tip of the iceberg in New Bedford.
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First installment of @GlobeSpotlight's "Snitch CIty" series, examining the misuse of confidential informants, dropped this morning. From @duganarnett & @GlobeAndrewRyan. Stay tuned for more.
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The Spotlight Team found a lack of scrutiny around confidential informants. And police misconduct has been allowed to fester.
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RT @paulheintz: Ten percent tariffs on Canadian energy scheduled to take effect tomorrow could hit the northernmost reaches of New England….
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With Canada supplying a significant portion of the electricity, refined petroleum, and natural gas used in New England, many experts agree that consumers will likely bear the brunt of Trump’s tariff.
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RT @paulheintz: During a visit last month to a library on the Vermont-Quebec border, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Noem stepped on….
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A high-ranking Trump administration official used the library as a stage to dramatize the president’s threats to impose tariffs on Canada and his oft-repeated suggestion it should become the 51st...
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Wall Street drops as Trump's tariffs hit markets worldwide, with the Dow down 550 points.
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Worries about President Trump’s tariffs are hurting U.S. stocks as financial markets worldwide drop on concerns about a potential trade war.
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RT @samkarlin: .@LAGovJeffLandry and Republican leaders have set up a system where people can bring guns--but not coolers--to Bourbon Stree….
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“You can’t bring your cooler, but you can definitely bring your Glock.” Guns allowed for Super Bowl crowds on Bourbon Street.
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RT @BostonGlobe: Thousands of migrants who arrived in Massachusetts legally in recent years could now be at risk of potential deportation u….
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Many of the migrants under threat spent months waiting in Mexico, at migrant shelters or in rented rooms, in cities that are rife with cartel violence and kidnappings, in order to enter the US with...
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RT @JimPuzzanghera: Fight or flight: This time, some top federal officials resigned rather than try to fend off a Trump firing https://t.co….
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The FBI director, IRS commissioner, and vice chair of the Federal Reserve, all criticized by Republicans, have opted to resign instead of staying in their jobs, which have terms designed to straddle...
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RT @rjamesfinn: Breaking: @RoyceDuplessis tells me he's not running for New Orleans mayor #lalege #lagov
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Royce Duplessis, a Democratic Louisiana state senator and attorney who has spoken out against Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's goals, said Monday he will not run for New Orleans mayor.
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RT @BostonGlobe: Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that it has not been conducting full cr….
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The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.
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RT @jmart: New: Carter slayed Wallace, then assembled a formidable, if fleeting, biracial coalition. His ‘76 map: every Southern state but….
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After 100 years of segregation, an integrationist from Georgia brought a new vision to the old Confederacy.
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More than 1,000 'serious incident reports,' including a number of alleged rapes, have been filed by workers at Massachusetts shelters since late '22, a period that has seen their population triple. From @fernandesglobe and @StephanieEbbert :
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Governor Healey expressed outrage this week about a drug and gun arrest at a state shelter. But records show the state has been aware of crimes reported in the Massachusetts-run system.
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RT @NOLAnews: New barriers coming to Bourbon Street not designed to stop truck attacks like on New Year's Day
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The rating of the new system “is exponentially, far less than what they currently have,” an owner of a bollard manufacturing company said. Here's more.
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RT @NOLAnews: Stephanie Grace: Brave cops ran toward danger; cynical pols ran toward microphones
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The horrific New Year's morning attack on Bourbon Street brought out the best in New Orleans cops, and the worst in some politicians, columnist Stephanie Grace writes.
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RT @aegallo: New: here's our deep dive into the life of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who attacked Bourbon Street on New Year's. His brother doesn't….
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In Texas, Jabbar’s family, childhood friends and those who watched as Bourbon Street turned into a deadly nightmare are searching for answers. Why did this middle-aged Army veteran — an IT worker for...
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RT @rjamesfinn: .@amazon spokesperson responds to @Laranicholson_’s report that a warehouse employee was denied leave after being wounded i….
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RT @MattPStout: NEW: On the day a new law empowering her to audit the Legislature took effect, @massauditor sent its leaders a letter sayin….
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