Tag: Truman Dickerson
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Family says Dorchester man fatally shot by police officer was experiencing mental health crisis
A high-profile civil rights attorney representing Stephenson King Jr.’s family said Thursday that King was in the midst of a mental health crisis when Boston police fatally shot him and that body camera footage from his shooting should be released. “If the…
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Among city’s Black clergy, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s spirit lives on
When Pastor John Borders was serving as the chaplain of the Suffolk County Jail in the late 1980s, he invited the Rev. Jesse Jackson to speak to his congregation of prisoners. Around that time, in a conversation Borders said he’ll…
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Police seek suspects who assaulted pregnant woman in Uphams Corner supermarket
Police are searching for two teenagers who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman in a Dorchester supermarket Sunday. One of the suspects threw a stolen tub of yogurt at the woman’s face, according to a police report. Police responded to a…