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Fired Cop Who Made Racially Charged Comment Should Also Lose His Pension, Providence Mayor Says

Matthew McDonald

The white police officer made a disparaging comment about a fellow officer who is black and got fired for it. But the mayor of Providence thinks losing his job isn't enough.

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Worcester Mayor Now Says Maybe He Didn’t Call Immigration Protesters ‘Freakin’ Morons’

Matthew McDonald

The mayor and an activist who was at the Worcester City Council meeting held a joint press conference where they showed video of the city council meeting getting interrupted by chants from the protesters. The activist says he called the protesters "freakin' morons," not the mayor, who after the meeting convinced himself he had said those words and apologized.

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