Good bills need your help (July 9, 2024)
The Massachusetts legislature ends its session on July 31st and several bills need your help to get passed. Please look up your Mass. rep and…
Category: Criminal Justice
Supremes: We’re a banana republic and the Prez. can kill you if you don’t like it! (July 2, 2024)
The Supreme Court ruling that the police can take your stuff via “civil asset forfeiture” is completely counter to any normal reading of…
Friday: Block BRIC Funding (September 28, 2023)
Thanks to everyone who came out to our camera mapping outing and party. Thanks to Micky and John for organizing them. This Friday…
Pirate News: Warm Winter (January 31, 2023)
Steve , Joe and James discuss the warm Winter we have had, the recent police shootings including the killing of Sayed Faisal, our…
Boston PD used stolen money to spy (December 24, 2021)
Last week WBUR and ProPublica dropped a story on how Boston Police secretly purchased a Stingray spy tool with civil asset forfeiture money…
Today: Testify against funding BRIC, surveillance tech & militarized policing (December 13, 2021)
Today at 1pm, the Boston Public Safety and Criminal Justice committee will consider whether to “accept and expend the amount of Thirteen Million…
12/13: Testify against funding BRIC, surveillance tech & militarized policing (December 10, 2021)
On Monday, Dec. 13, at 1pm, the Boston Public Safety and Criminal Justice committee will consider whether to “accept and expend the amount…
Massachusetts Pirate Party Testimony on S.992 / H.1800 and S.940 / H.1761 (June 17, 2021)
We recently posted the following testimony on bills S.992 / H.1800 and S.940 / H.1761. Thanks to Desmond and Rikki for their efforts to…
Addiction Plank Adopted (May 29, 2021)
We are updating our platform and have updated our plank on addiction. If you want to help, join our Wednesday 9pm IRC meetings…
Police Camera Accountability Now! (May 20, 2021)
The prosecutorial arm of the American legal system is not impartial, and it does not seek justice. Prosecutors are an extension of the…