George Floyd

Cambridge Police's need to maintain public trust outweighed cop's right to post that George Floyd was 'a career criminal, a thief and druggie,' judge rules

By adamg - 3/14/24 - 9:57 pm

Cambridge Day reports a federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit by a Cambridge cop who was disciplined for a Facebook post he made while off duty in which he made disparaging remarks about George Floyd in 2021. Read more.

Judge rejects request by Boston cops to dismiss First Amendment action over the way they pepper sprayed and hit George Floyd protesters in 2020

By adamg - 6/27/22 - 4:05 pm

A federal judge ruled today that four people at a George Floyd vigil on the Common on May 31, 2020 can try to convince a jury that Boston Police officers violated their First Amendment rights by attacking them with pepper spray, fists and a bicycle afterwards and that the city created a culture where such a thing could happen. Read more.

Cambridge police detective sues over suspension for complaining about George Floyd and Democrats on his own Facebook page

By adamg - 11/17/21 - 4:58 pm

Brian Hussey, a 24-year veteran of the Cambridge Police Department, today sued the city and its former police commissioner for the two months of administrative leave and four days of unpaid suspension he got after posting on his private Facebook page that George Floyd was “a career criminal, a thief and druggie." Read more.

Man who opened fire on police during May 31 riots gets five years in federal prison; still faces state charges

By adamg - 10/27/21 - 2:52 pm

A federal judge yesterday sentenced John Boampong of Dorchester to five years in prison for the way he responded to police ordering him to drive away from Arlington Street by shooting at them repeatedly at the tail end of the rioting that started following a George Floyd protest on May 31, 2020, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Boston cop who boasted of hitting protesters with his car gets eight-day suspension

By adamg - 10/9/21 - 12:27 pm

WBZ reports Sgt. Clifton McHale will be suspended for eight days for "conduct unbecoming a police officer" for saying he hit protesters - although investigators said he didn't actually do so - the night riots broke out following a peaceful George Floyd march and vigil on May 31, 2020. Read more.

Protesters sue over alleged police brutality during two George Floyd protests, including the one that turned into a riot

By adamg - 6/14/21 - 1:07 pm

Boston police body camera video of Jasmine Huffman

Bodycam video showing Huffman getting knocked down, from the complaint.

Four people who took part in a George Floyd vigil on Boston Common last May 31 have sued BPD and three specific officers for allegedly attacking them with batons and pepper spray as the rally ended and turned into several hours of looting that they say they had nothing to do with. Read more.

Marching through Milton to Mattapan on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder

By adamg - 5/26/21 - 11:29 am

The Dig recounts yesterday's march.

Newbury Street stores started boarding up in advance of Chauvin verdict

By adamg - 4/20/21 - 5:25 pm

Steve Cooper shows us one jewelry store getting plywood protection.

Dorchester man admits he opened fire on police during the rioting and looting following the May 31 demonstration

By adamg - 1/25/21 - 4:55 pm

John Boampong, 37, of Dorchester has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges related to the way he responded to police officers demanding he drive away from the Arlington Street area by shooting at them repeatedly early on June 1, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Police say teen who set cruiser on fire in the May 31 rampaging was arrested while trying to flee the country

By adamg - 1/16/21 - 12:42 pm

Boston Police cruiser on fire on Tremont Street.

Photo via BPD.

Boston Police report arresting a teenager they charge set a cruiser on fire on Tremont Street downtown after rioting and looting broke out following a peaceful George Floyd protest at the State House. Read more.

Bodycam videos show cops going after protesters downtown after that George Floyd vigil on May 31; officials to investigate

By adamg - 12/18/20 - 8:36 pm

Attacks on demonstrators from Boston Police 5/31

The Appeal gets copies of some of the video from the night of May 31, after a George Floyd protest ended and as looting began. The videos: Read more.

'Miraculous' nobody killed when man opened fire on police during rioting, judge says, ordering suspect held without bail through his trial

By adamg - 8/31/20 - 11:30 am

A federal judge today ordered John Boampang held without bail at least until the end of his trial on charges he opened fire on police as rioting was winding down following a May 31 protest march and vigil on the Common. Read more.

Jamaica Plain gets a George Floyd mural, which outrages the neighborhood's angry screamy bicyclist and maybe a Trumpie

By adamg - 6/16/20 - 11:05 pm

Shamus Moynihan spotted this new mural by Alex Golob today on Centre Street in Hyde Square, where Bella Luna used to be. Read more.

Large turnout for Black Lives Matter rally in Medford

By adamg - 6/12/20 - 8:09 pm

Dan Kennedy reports.

Framingham teen charged with torching Boston cruiser during the rioting

By adamg - 6/11/20 - 9:29 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old from Framingham on charges he set an unoccupied BPD cruiser on fire as the downtown rioting was well underway on May 31. Read more.

North End state rep says Columbus statue a symbol of Italian heritage and North End persistence, so knock it off with the beheading

By adamg - 6/10/20 - 5:47 pm

Headless statue in windless park. Photo by Rob C.

State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz says people need to look beyond Christopher Columbus's reputation as a cruel murderer of both natives and the Spaniards he led and consider the history of the North End and how the statue represents both some of the neighborhood's original Italian immigrants and the fight to keep the North End from becoming an overbuilt district of expensive condos. Read more.

Most Boston councilors want to tell the T not to close subway stations after protests

By adamg - 6/10/20 - 1:22 pm

Shutting T stations after protests only creates dangerous situations for people who just want to get home, several Boston city councilors said today.

But the council did not formally go on record with a resolution calling on the T to stop shutting stations near vigil and protest sites at their regular Wednesday meeting because two councilors objected, which means it will instead go to a council committee for a hearing before the council votes. Read more.