Massachusetts
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Can Uber For Women Survive A Discrimination Challenge?
Feb 2, 2017(Comments: 1)February 2, 2017 (Fault Lines) — It seems like a good idea in theory: an Uber-like service for women that connects female riders and drivers. Safr (previously called Chariot for Women), announced its March launch in... -
Springfield Whistleblower Suit Is Bad News For Gregg Bigda
Jan 31, 2017(Comments: 0)January 31, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Last November, Fault Lines covered Detective Gregg Bigda’s nightmarish treatment of three teenagers who allegedly stole an undercover narcotics car for a joy ride. A new lawsuit brought by a... -
Suspend A Cop for Six Months? Just Fire Him
Jan 27, 2017(Comments: 1)January 27, 2017 (Fault Lines) – On September 15, 2016, Lowell, Massachusetts Police Officer Dave Pender suspected a 16-year-old student of possessing marijuana. Or, more accurately, the school officials where Pender was a School Resource Officer... -
Another Non-Solution To The Massachusetts Crime Lab Problem
Jan 20, 2017(Comments: 0)January 20, 2017 (Fault Lines) – The criminal justice system will always have problems. Not because it is flawed, but because the people it relies on to run are flawed. The recent wave of crime lab... -
Agawam Police Jail Beat-Down Video Released
Jan 17, 2017(Comments: 0)January 17, 2017 (Fault Lines) – On June 19, 2016, David Desjardins, Jr. was intoxicated at a bar in Agawam, Massachusetts, to the point that the bartender refused to serve. As is normal in these types... -
Barry Cadden: A Powerful Story of Greed
Jan 11, 2017(Comments: 0)January 11, 2017 (Fault Lines) — There’s something quite compelling about the idea of bringing a corrupt corporate bigwig to justice. Whether they’re trying to stick it to a CEO in the coal business who they... -
Salem Officer Brian Butler Gave In To Temptation
Dec 5, 2016(Comments: 0)December 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — To protect and serve. That’s the motto. But who protects those who find themselves at the mercy of the very officer who was supposed to protect them? Sometimes it’s a... -
Gregg Bigda Videos Highlight Torturous Teen Interrogation
Nov 10, 2016(Comments: 7)November 10, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Springfield, Massachusetts narcotics detective Gregg Bigda enjoys a level of job security most of us don’t. He can threaten teenagers with charges ranging from simple possession to the Kennedy assassination.... -
Need Cash Fast? Fabricate A Break-In And Blame Black Lives Matter
Nov 3, 2016(Comments: 0)November 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — On October 17, 2016, Maria Daly reported she had been robbed. She told police that intruders broke into her Millbury, Massachusetts, home in the middle of the night and stole... -
AG Maura Healey Is Now The Queen of Massachusetts
Sep 16, 2016(Comments: 8)Sept. 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) – On Tuesday, Fault Lines contributor Josh Kendrick poked holes in Massachusetts AG Maura Healey’s attempt to hold gun manufacturers Glock and Remington “accountable,” supposedly for making defective guns. Here’s one...