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Video shows Memphis police officers holding Tyre Nichols down, striking him repeatedly in fatal beating

The footage shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. Nichols pleads for his mother, who has said she lived about 80 yards from where he was beaten.
Mass. public officials speak out on police beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

Tyre Nichols remembered as beautiful soul with creative eye
Tyre Nichols was the baby of the family. He was an avid skateboarder from Sacramento and came to Memphis just before the pandemic and got stuck. But he was fine with it because he was with his mother, and they were incredibly close.

Vigil held on Boston Common as Memphis release police video of Tyre Nichols beating
Boston community leaders held a vigil Friday night at “The Embrace” statue on Boston Common ahead of authorities in Memphis releasing video of the police beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after he was pulled over and arrested.

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8-month-old injured in Duxbury tragedy has died, prosecutors say
The infant who was allegedly attacked by his mother Tuesday in Duxbury has died, prosecutors confirmed Friday, bringing more devastation to a tragedy that had already claimed the lives of his 5-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother.

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Fund-raiser for Duxbury father draws thousands of donations, outpouring of support

Strangers, colleagues, and fellow health care providers are expressing their own heartache and hope on a fund-raising website created to support Patrick Clancy, whose wife is charged with killing their children in their Duxbury home on Tuesday.

Man charged in Jan. 6 assault on officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison

Julian Khater, 32, pleaded guilty in March to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon. He didn’t mention the death of Sicknick or address the officer’s family in a written statement he read aloud before US District Judge Thomas Hogan sentenced him.
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Educators are demanding Woburn’s mayor and School Committee to increase pay for teachers and paraprofessionals, provide compensation for all work days, and reduce class sizes.
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A woman who was struck and killed this week by a vehicle outside her Acton home by a driver who initially fled the scene was identified Friday as Irene Durand-Bryan, age 66, officials said Friday.

Peabody mother charged after 2-year-old daughter died while living in car where drug evidence was found

Vanessa Jeising, 28, allegedly contacted a friend after her child, Lily Iorio, was found to be unresponsive in the car early on the morning of Jan. 18, prosecutors said.

Two Mississippi men plead guilty to killing woman in 2017 at Braintree hotel

Kenyonte Galmore, 27, was sentenced to 18-20 years in state prison, and Kentavious Coleman, 25, was sentenced to seven years in prison, on a charge of manslaughter for the death of 19-year-old Reina Rodriguez at the Hyatt Place Hotel in 2017, officials said.

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The body camera footage shows suspect David DePape wrest a hammer from 82-year-old Paul Pelosi and lunge toward him with the tool over his head.

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Mass. public officials speak out on police beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

Massachusetts law enforcement and elected officials called for justice Friday as Memphis officials released video of the police beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after he was pulled over.

Fund-raiser for Duxbury father draws thousands of donations, outpouring of support

Strangers, colleagues, and fellow health care providers are expressing their own heartache and hope on a fund-raising website created to support Patrick Clancy, whose wife is charged with killing their children in their Duxbury home on Tuesday.

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Vigil held on Boston Common as Memphis release police video of Tyre Nichols beating

Boston community leaders held a vigil Friday night at “The Embrace” statue on Boston Common ahead of authorities in Memphis releasing video of the police beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after he was pulled over and arrested.

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