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Human rights over property rights. MA chapter, 1st anti-racist US bar assoc. #BDS #EndPrisons #BlackLivesMatter #NoBanNoWall @NLGnews #Law4thePeople
Boston, MA USA
Joined November 2009
We had to move to a new Protest Legal Support Hotline phone number. The new phone number is 617-433-8353. Please update your contacts and tell your pals.
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The DOJ civil rights investigation into the @WorcesterPD is out, finding credible allegations of excessive force; of sexual assaults of women by cops; & targeting of Black & Hispanic people but insufficient data to prove selective enforcement. #mapoli cc: @CPCSnews @ACLU_Mass
According to findings from pattern or practice investigation, the City of Worcester and the Worcester Police Department engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution and federal law. https://t.co/ufXSNukOYL
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🚨🚨 MIT is effectively expelling PhD student Prahlad Iyengar for Palestine activism on campus. 🚨🚨 EMERGENCY RALLY: Cambridge City Hall, Monday, 12/9 at 5:30pm. Org sign-on to letter: https://t.co/tCOrOLTeNy
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Ongoing issues at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, including reports of mistreatment, reduced out-of-cell time & lack of programs, highlight a need for systemic changes in accountability, mental health support & rehabilitation. Watch PLS' Jesse White discuss with @WCVB.
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We did it! Over 100 brave everyday people successfully blocked coal exports from the world's largest coal port, while thousands more gathered in support on the beach. Despite attempts to shut down our peaceful protest, we showed that people power can take on the coal industry.
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Public defender lawsuit: State Police withheld evidence against trooper https://t.co/urOX0yYw8i via @BostonGlobe
bostonglobe.com
The allegation has already led to the dismissal of charges against a Quincy man who was arrested by the trooper, according to the suit.
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55 years ago, November 20 1969, 89 Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island. The occupation, led by an ad-hoc group calling itself Indians of All Tribes, continued for nineteen months
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I am happy to finally announce that Dr. @orisanmi Burton will be gracing us with his presence and critical analysis of what he calls “Methods of Carceral War” at Northeastern University on Thursday, Nov 21st from 4-6pm EST!! Please join us. Books will be available for purchase!
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Everyone has been booked and released, thanks to jail support and @MassBailFund! We are working on getting lawyers to be with folks in court next week.
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The application for the NLG's Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice for Summer 2025 is now available! The Burns Fellowship is open to students and legal workers working on projects that find creative ways to advance justice.
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About 15 reproductive choice and reproductive freedom advocates were arrested today while the cops protected a group of forced birthers marching around Boston.
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from Tufts SJP: In an act rooted in the interests of profit over morals, the administration of Tufts University has placed its SJP chapter under suspension for 2 whole years.
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Today, PLS sent an open letter to the people of Massachusetts regarding the violence plaguing Souza Baranowski Correctional Center. Better prison conditions lead to better outcomes and we need your help! Learn more about our advocacy and get involved here: https://t.co/a5omuevNlo
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Beverly Middle School teachers at the picket line amid an ongoing strike across 3 North Shore districts including Marblehead and Gloucester -- negotiations stalled again last night after 39 hours of bargaining, they begin again today at 10am @GBHNews
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🚨 ACTION ALERT from @ACLU: In a clear reaction to pro-Palestine protests, the House might pass legislation that would hand the government a dangerous tool to stifle free speech and punish disfavored groups. Tell your reps to vote NO on H.R. 9495. https://t.co/W6vKVW7srB
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BREAKING: Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury found Virginia-based government contractor CACI liable for its role in the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004. They 've been ordered to pay millions in damages. Full press release here:
ccrjustice.org
First of its kind to make it to trial, lawsuit delivers rare accountability for U.S post-9/11 tortureNovember 12, 2024, Alexandria, VA – Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury in a federal court found a
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it https://t.co/poWtjR4KJc
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“It’s always important to recognize that anecdotes are not data.…One of the problems that can often exist for the law is [when you] legislate because of one specific incident, you don’t realize the negative ripple effects that you’re having on countless others.” - @JonathanCohn
However, lawmakers on the state's judiciary committee are seeking a compromise that would also expand pretrial detention without bail — ironically linking the issue of justice for wrongfully convicted people to incarcerating people who have not been convicted of crimes.
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The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is in solidarity with grassroots election protection organizers that are rising up against voter intimidation and suppression across the country. Read our full statement 👇👇👇 https://t.co/pmX7zgNn9U
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Cop City Protesters Defeat Criminal Charges and Expose police Conspiracy - our new article includes a statement from one of the defendants. https://t.co/RRLUlgFfuj
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On Oct 24th, all charges were dismissed for activists facing felony charges related to a Cop City protest in 2022. Seven people were arrested at a protest where students and supporters were accused of
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