WGBH Boston race relations Boston is again making headlines and not for a good reason. Following Monday’s Red Sox game against Baltimore, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones told multiple media outlets that a fan yelled racial slurs and threw a bag of peanuts at him. The incident prompted an apology from the Red Sox, Governor Charlie Baker and Boston […]
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty What are candidates’ chances in Kyrgz presidential election? Campaigning for the October 15 presidential election officially started on September 10, when Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission announced the names of the 13 people who qualified to run in the race. Muhammad Tahir, RFE/RL’s media relations manager, moderated the discussion in this week’s podcast. From Bishkek, Timur Tokotonaliev, Central Asia editor from the Institute for […]
NBC News Police searches drop dramatically in states that legalized marijuana The overuse of traffic stops can damage the public trust in police, particularly when searches disproportionately involve black and Hispanic drivers. “Searches where you don’t find something are really negative towards a community,” said Jack McDevitt, director of Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice in Boston. “Have a police officer search your car is […]
Yahoo! Why did FBI release video of the Oregon occupier shooting so quickly? “There’s a long history of prosecutors [in Chicago and elsewhere] not supporting the release of any evidence because it would taint the jury pool and would eventually change witness statements,” Jack McDevitt, director of the Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University in Boston, told The Christian Science Monitor. “But I think police departments have […]
The Christian Science Monitor Chicago release of police video points to wider rise in transparency “There’s a long history of prosecutors [in Chicago and elsewhere] not supporting the release of any evidence because it would taint the jury pool and would eventually change witness statements,” says Jack McDevitt, director of the Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University in Boston. “But I think police departments have led the way […]