POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: SPAM’s body cams – CHANDLER’s uncertain term – East Bridgewater's POT battle
LUNATIC ALEX JONES OFF HIS MEDS AGAIN
ALWAYS A MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION - "Falsely Accused Parkland School Shooter Sues Alex Jones' InfoWars for Defamation," by Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast: "Marcel Fontaine, who was falsely declared a suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting by conspiracy-theorist website InfoWars, is now suing Alex Jones for more than a million dollars. Fontaine, a young man from Massachusetts, filed suit in the district court of Travis County, Texas on Monday against InfoWars head Alex Jones; InfoWars reporter Kit Daniels; InfoWars LLC; and Free Speech Systems, LLC, InfoWars' parent company. "
CHARLIE BAKER WANTS BODY CAMS, NEGLECTS TO TELL UNION!
MAKE CHARLIE ONE AND DONE!
BAKER OFFERS UP BODY CAMS TO SPAM - Massachusetts could be the latest state to have a statewide body camera program thanks to new reforms coming to the Massachusetts State Police - but there's a big if: it depends on the OK of the State Police's union SPAM.
Beginning a study of a new body camera program was one of a series of changes to the embattled law enforcement agency announced yesterday.
Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters he'd like to see something "by the end of the calendar year," but SPAM says they haven't been involved in any body camera-related discussion, and the union says it hasn't seriously looked into any sort of body camera program for years.
The addition of body cameras to the series of reforms rolled out yesterday was a surprise to some at SPAM, who have seen the technology proposed in response to issues related to violence - while the scandals roiling the Staties have been related to behind-the-scenes issues around management and leadership.
Advocates have concerns around such a proposal too. "In order to make this accountability and transparency a reality, it is critical that the currently incomplete policy guiding the use of this technology reflect the ideas and address the concerns of the community," writes Segun Idowu, co-founder of the Boston Police Camera Action Team. He's also primarying Hyde Park Rep. Angelo Scaccia this fall.
If the program ultimately goes through, Massachusetts could join at least five other states with statewide laws related to body cameras.
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