By Philip Marcelo Associated Press BOSTON — Police in Boston are earning praise from national law enforcement experts and community leaders for trying to be more transparent in the wake of officer-involved shootings, yet others say more can be done. Authorities in Boston quickly released surveillance video in two recent shootings: After Boston police shot and killed a man who had shot an officer …
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Boston praised for releasing video in police killings
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High court grants reprieve to La. cop killer on death-row
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has barred Louisiana from executing a convicted killer, saying his mental disability precludes capital punishment. The ruling comes in a 5-4 decision Thursday. Kevan Brumfield was convicted in the shooting death of off-duty Baton Rouge police Cpl. Betty Smothers in 1993. A federal judge ruled that Brumfield was mentally disabled and therefore was …
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High court grants reprieve to La. cop killer on death-row
Feds: 48 charged for links to Boston's most-feared gang
By Denise Lavoie Associated Press BOSTON — More than 40 people arrested Thursday on drug and gun charges were affiliated with Boston's largest and most-feared gang, according to authorities who said the criminal organization ran a vast drug empire that stoked New England's heroin epidemic. Officials said at a news conference that a grand jury indicted 48 members and associates of the Columbia …
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Feds: 48 charged for links to Boston's most-feared gang