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Volunteers who try to clean up the Merrimack River find all kinds of trash, but lately they've been finding many more hypodermic needles than they used to. The opioid problem is to blame.
As shocking as it is that a public official would publicly tip off lawbreakers about secret law enforcement activity, the subsequent public comments of Massachusetts state Representative Michelle DuBois are almost as shocking.
On Tuesday, DuBois posted on her Facebook page that she had heard a rumor of a forthcoming raid in Brockton the next day by federal immigration authorities. The original posting advises illegal immigrants in Brockton to avoid the federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency: