Charlie Baker To Meet With Mike Pence on Nantucket

Charlie Baker To Meet With Mike Pence on Nantucket

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to meet this weekend with Vice President Mike Pence, the number-two official in Baker's least favorite Republican administration.

Baker expects to meet the vice president on Nantucket, where Pence is headlining a fund raiser designed to help President Donald Trump's (and his own) re-election effort, according to State House News Service.

Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration — Would More Foot Patrol Help?
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Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration — Would More Foot Patrol Help?

Ira Stoll

Twenty-five years ago, the Los Angeles Times published a two-part investigative series I wrote about fatal shootings by police in Ventura County.

The first article quoted both grieving relatives and police officers who themselves were traumatized after the shootings. "My son is dead. I want to know why," said the mother of a 23-year-old who was shot by police after he had leveled an empty shotgun at them.

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