Morning Updates: Boston Protests, Tsarnaev Relatives, and More
Good morning, Boston. Here’s what you need to know for the day ahead.
Boston protests police brutality: “The crowd gathered behind police headquarters in Roxbury at about 6 p.m. and were greeted by police Superintendent in Chief William Gross, who shook hands with organizer Brock Satter. ‘I’m a student of history,’ Gross, the department’s first black police chief, told Satter. ‘If people didn’t protest what they felt was injustice, I wouldn’t be here in this capacity today as chief.’ (The Boston Globe)
Online racism: A study looking at how often people google the n-word shows Western Massachusetts in a bad light. (Boston.com) Ok, so what’s the best way to figure out if someone is racist? “Facebook is the best tool for sniffing out racists among your friends and family.’’ (Boston.com)
How a stalker in Boston created an online hate mob: “Gjoni, a software engineer, had set out to construct a machine to destroy his ex. Every written word [Zoe] Quinn had ever entrusted with him—all of her flirtations, anxieties, professional grudges, and confessions about her family and sex life—would serve as his iron and ore. He scoured their entire text and email history, archiving and organizing Quinn’s private information on his laptop and cell phone. Then he typed it all in black and white—minus, of course, the tones in their voices, their laughter and tears, and any context whatsoever. …
“By the time he released the post into the wild, he figured the odds of Quinn’s being harassed were 80 percent.’’ (Boston Magazine)
The attorney of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow is worried: “Amato DeLuca, a Providence attorney, said the concern comes largely from what federal prosecutors have not done. They have not called her as a witness in the ongoing death-penalty case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, nor have they offered her immunity from prosecution if she testifies — a condition he has requested in the past.’’ (The Boston Globe) Ahead: Relatives of the Tsarnaev clan are expected to testify today in Dzhokhar’s death penalty trial.
Socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announces he’s running for president: “‘I think it is time for the American people to say enough is enough,’ he said in an interview. ‘We need an economy that works for all of us and not just for a handful of billionaires.’’’ (The New York Times) Highly relevant: “Great Moments in Bernie Sanders’s Hair.’’ (The Washington Post)
The Goodbye:
Boston Red Sox center fielder Mookie Betts catches a deep fly ball in the third inning at Fenway Park.
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