Police reports on use of force show a spectrum, with little deescalation; Complaints hint at bias
Monday, March 1, 2021
Cambridge police use their fists and nightsticks, as well as pepper spray, and some have pointed guns at suspects who turned out to be unarmed. Officers ordered people out of a car at gunpoint and handcuffed them – in a case of mistaken identity. It’s all in their use-of-force reports.
Watch meetings on more money for Covid aid; Central Square apartments; and Jerry’s Pond
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Public meetings this week look at securing more money to get businesses, households and the homeless through the coronavirus; a 46-unit project for Central Square; asking what IQHQ will do about its polluted Jerry’s Pond; how the green line extension is going; and much more.