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City Pays $275,000 To Man Arrested for Videotaping Cops

John Cronin

The man surreptitiously used his cell phone to videotape a police raid on his home two years ago in Manchester, New Hampshire, and police arrested him for it. After his arrest he lost his job; but a federal court had previously ruled that people have a First Amendment right to videotape police activities; the city settled the man's lawsuit for $275,000.

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Commercial Robberies Up Sharply, Linked To Opioid Crisis

John Cronin

Cambridge has seen an increase of 75 percent in bank robberies and convenience store holdups in 2017 over last year, which police say follows a regional trend. Some opioid addicts often turn to theft and robbery to feed their drug habit.

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