By M.C. Porter The first time someone took a photo of me without my consent at Saturday’s Northampton protest was the most violent. I asked her repeatedly to stop; only after getting several shots did the woman comply, lowering her smartphone and turning back toward the speaker on the podium. The typical irritation of encountering … Continue reading Burning For A Change
Powers allegedly encouraged police academy students to racially profile “ethnically altered vehicles all day long.” By Will Meyer Northampton Police Captain Robert Powers went viral over the past week after shouting “one bad hamburger at McDonald’s does not make McDonald’s bad” into a megaphone to a crowd of protestors. The comment has garnered national attention … Continue reading Captain Robert Powers, Who Went Viral After Hamburger Comments, Was The Defendant In A Civil Rights Lawsuit And Was Then Promoted
Police budget By Brian Z. Zayatz On Wednesday, June 10th, the Northampton City Council held a special meeting via Zoom with one agenda item, that being the general fund budget, which was tabled after 2am at their last meeting following a motion by Councilor Alex Jarrett (Ward 5) to level funding with the current year’s … Continue reading I Go to City Council Meetings #30
By Will Meyer During the 2017 surveillance camera debate, Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz pulled a maneuver that would make it seem like he was banning police surveillance cameras from Northampton. Upon closer inspection, however, it was revealed that the Mayor’s slick counter proposal he would create a carve-out that would hypothetically allow police surveillance … Continue reading Mayor Narkewicz proposes a 0.28% cut to the police budget, critics say it doesn’t go far enough
