Tag: police
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‘People are starting to boil over’: Police link increasing assault arrests in Brookline to domestic violence
Brookline police cruisers. Photo by Zoe Zekos. Brookline police have been arresting people on assault charges at rates significantly higher than the statewide average, a stat that Brookline police officials attribute in part to domestic violence. From 2023 to 2025,…
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Family of Dorchester man killed by police officers retains attorney who represented George Floyd, Breonna Taylor
The family of Stephenson King Jr., a Dorchester man who was shot and killed by a Boston police officer on a Roxbury street last month, has retained a high-profile civil rights attorney whose previous clients include the families of George…