Investigations
The Shoestring spent months investigating the police crackdown on a pro-Palestine encampment last spring. Body-camera footage shows violent and derogatory police behavior toward protesters.
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Misconduct records for Gary Poehler, who has agreed to permanently leave law enforcement, also allege he used his truck to intimidate an officer who...
Police
Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show...
Police
Maysoun Batley maintains she did not spit on a state police officer during the university’s 2024 Gaza solidarity protest crackdown. But two years of...
Police
"There's a line between peaceful protest and interfering or assaulting police officers," Gagne said of Etel Haxhiaj, who responded to an ICE abduction in...
Investigations
Police have filled the former Maple Street School multiple times this year. Easthampton and Chicopee police and others claim to have no records detailing...
Investigations
Easthampton’s most expensive police vehicles have suffered damage, both in and outside the city.
Investigations
The state police response cost over $60,000, on top of $42,000 spent on UMass police presence. The university is now considering more stringent protest...
Police
Former HPD Capt. Manuel Reyes already retired with a full pension after a junior officer accused him of sexual harassment. Now, the city appears...
Investigations
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer...
Investigations
Mayor Ginny Desorgher appointed Todd Dodge as police chief on Tuesday. The Shoestring investigates Dodge’s past and present as a Greenfield officer.
Investigations
Trespassing arrests have recently doubled at Holyoke’s most policed apartment complexes. Unlike most, Osvaldo Soto-Berrios decided to fight his case.
Education
The fallout continues from UMass' protest encampment crackdown. Records show the police response cost at least tens of thousands of dollars.
Investigations
With police brass ignoring some recommendations last year, critics call the spending a "waste of money."
Investigations
Meet FIGG, the controversial forensic technology behind the DA's offer of free ancestry tests.
Investigations
Leyden's former police chief is now facing charges. But town residents have been working on reform for years.