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Cambridge Mayor Calls Video Of Black Harvard Student’s Arrest ‘Disturbing’

CAMBRIDGE — Police have released an onlooker's video depicting the takedown-style arrest of a naked black Harvard student police say was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, an incident that has prompted accusations of police brutality from a black Harvard Law School student organization and a description of "

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Expert: DOJ’s Baltimore PD smackdown will lead to more violent crime

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Justice's scathing condemnation of the Baltimore Police Department is likely to lead to more violent crime in the Maryland city, according to one expert on criminal law. On Wednesday, the DOJ released a report accusing the city's law enforcement officers

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WATCH: Bernie Sanders’s call to unify behind Clinton ignored by his fans outside DNC

PHILADELPHIA — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tried his best inside the Democratic National Convention to foster unity within the party by closing out the roll call vote nominating Hillary Clinton to be presidential nominee, but outside those secure confines his legion of vocal fans vowed to never back the former secretary

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Giuliani — and black cop — question Black Lives Matter movement

A black police officer and the white former mayor of America's largest city are making headlines this week on the heels of Thursday's massacre at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas after both openly questioned the premises of the popular protest movement. A heartfelt Facebook

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Cleveland’s top cop says city is prepared for open-carry visitors

CLEVELAND — As the mercury level rises, so does a sense of anticipation inside the city that will serve as host next week when the Republican National Convention comes to town. Temperatures topped 90 in Cleveland on Wednesday, as more and more delegates began to arrive and GOP officials continued to

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UMass prof vows to bring social justice teachings to classroom

AMHERST — An aspiring University of Massachusetts professor of postcolonial literature has made a public vow to "shift the focus" of her classes in order to hone in on social justice topics like "race and policing in America," according to a "Diversity Statement" she recently

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Boston Latin parents protest tone of race seminar

BOSTON – A trio of angry Boston Latin School parents claim that race-related workshops last month featured overtly "anti-white, anti-police sentiment," in a complaint to city school administrators, according to sources familiar with the confidential document. The May 20 seminars were described by the school as "teach-ins"

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Dartmouth students demand end to coddling, focus on learning

HANOVER, N.H. – Alleging that Dartmouth College administrators have increasingly "assumed the role of paternalistic babysitters," students at the Ivy League institution have launched an online petition that aims to refocus the school on education and the free exchange of ideas. The "Take Back Dartmouth" petition,