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For all the good citizens who keep silent when a situation like Divan Silva's shooting occurs, there are numbers of good police officers who’ve retreated behind the blue wall of silence after witnessing brute force by rogue cops.

A stalemate of silence: ‘If cops won’t snitch on each other, why should we snitch for them?’

June 8, 2015Justice

The failure of citizens or police to speak up hides criminals and protects dangerous cops.

Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich from Ba Le restaurant in Dorchester, MA.

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December 23, 2014Food
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