racial profiling

Officials in Danvers, Massachusetts, are apologizing to a family that says it experienced racial profiling at an apple orchard. Rev. Manikka Bowman, vice chair of the Cambridge School Committee says her family was at Connors Farm on Labor Day when workers accused them of stealing apples. Earlier, Bowman, her husband and her 1-year-old child had been having a pleasant time…

A Cambridge School Committee member is speaking out about an incident in which she said her family was profiled and accused of stealing while apple picking on Labor Day.

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved the CAREN Act, which criminalizes racially biased 911 calls. Shamann Walton, a member of the board, says people should not be allowed to use 911 as a “customer service line” for racism.

An advocacy group is calling for accountability for officials in Andover, Massachusetts, after an independent investigation found that an off-duty Andover fire lieutenant “was not racially motivated” when he confronted a Black woman for taking mail from her own house. The advocacy group, Merrimack Valley Black and Brown Voices, released a statement Friday addressing the June 3 confrontation, which the…

An independent investigation into an off-duty Andover, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant confronting a Black woman for taking mail from her own house has found the incident “was not racially motivated,” the town said Monday. Andover officials announcing the results of the investigation said the incident was nevertheless eye-opening and will result in implicit bias training at the Andover Fire Department as…

Gabrielle Batista of Andover, Massachusetts, calls what happened in her neighborhood Tuesday evening “unforgivable.” She says she had just arrived home, checked her mail, and realized someone in an SUV was following her. “As I’m getting out, he’s taking pictures of the license plate, of me, of the car, and I’m like ‘Sir, can I help you? Why are...

A fire lieutenant in Andover is on paid leave after a woman says he accused her of stealing when she was checking her mail.

A former assistant athletic director at Northeastern University claimed he was racially profiled by police in Newton, Massachusetts, during an incident in the city in May. Tim Duncan took to social media to share the story this week to bring more attention to interactions between police and people of color. “Sometimes, African American males are just thought of as threats,…

A man was walking with his wife when he says he was suddenly swarmed by police in Newton.