Dec. 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? AL SUAREZ: My name is Alexander Suarez. Most people on camp called me Al. My hometown is Boston. I’m 27, unemployed. I’m one of the 46 arrested December 10th at the camp, and one of the 25 first arraigned, and one of the 8 of them who plead not guilty and [...]
Dec. 24, 2011 2 Comments
A document faxed from One Bullfinch Place to the Twitter offices in San Francisco Friday details a subpoena “Pursuant to an official criminal investigation being conducted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s and the Boston Police Department” filed by the DA’s office Special Prosecutions Unit. Dated December 14, the subpoena is signed by Benjamin Goldberger, [...]
Dec. 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — As the turmoil of the economy persists, hospitals throughout the nation are struggling to balance out care, costs and staff. The result has been Fox News interviewed California nurse Leslie Silket during the nurse strike on Thursday, as she explained the main reason for the picketing was to “fight back corporate greed.” [...]
Dec. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mayor Jean Quan announced on Wednesday that an independent investigation into police conduct during the raid on Occupy Oakland in late October. Thomas Frazier, former San Jose Deputy Police Commissioner, is slated to lead the probe. The investigation will focus on police tactics and alleged brutality that led to the arrest and [...]
Dec. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
LAKELAND, FLA. — In a press conference on Tuesday night, Lakeland Police Chief Lisa Womack announced that Officer Arnulfo Crispin, shot in the line of duty late Sunday night, will not survive his critical wound. After officers combed the area of Crystal Lake for nearly 10 hours, Kyle Williams, 19, was arrested Monday morning outside [...]
Dec. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Steve Ruiz, a 38 year-old Hells Angel member who is suspected of shooting fellow biker Steve Tauson, was reportedly spotted in San Jose this weekend. San Jose police officer Jose Garcia told SF Weekly that the San Jose police team thinks Ruiz is either in San Jose, Campbell, Fremont or Gilroy. [...]
Dec. 20, 2011 1 Comment
TALLAHASSEE –Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) president, James Ammons, will not be suspended despite an ongoing police investigation into the the death of a drum major that is suspected to be a result of hazing. FAMU’S board of trustees declined Governor Rick Scott’s advice to suspend Ammons but they did publicly reprimanded him, reported The Palm [...]
Dec. 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
CROWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – During a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn five firefighters were injured while battling flames coming from the second floor of a Crown Heights brownstone. According to WABC, two firefighters from FDNY Rescue 2 were trapped on the third floor and sustained significant burn related injuries. Both men suffered second and third degree [...]
Dec. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? NICOLE SULLIVAN: Well, it depends who you ask. First, important demographics: I am a twenty one year old queer women living in Somerville and going to school at a local community college. I have been involved in activism for over a year, I started with anti-rape activism (I am survivor of [...]
Dec. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? ELIZABETH HOLMES: Who am I? I’m Elizabeth, also known as Mom or Eli. BLAST: What do you do? EH: I am a part of medical, safety, wellness, legal and jail support; was in media and direct action. BLAST: What’s your gripe? EH: I’m tired of hearing that there are people starving, [...]
Dec. 18, 2011 1 Comment
BLAST: Who are you? MIKE KOSTIGEN: I’m 22, Born and raised in Boston. Sailing Instructor. Former Marine Transportation major, transferring to study history. BLAST: What do you do? MK: Within Occupy Boston I work with the Direct Action working group. We help to plan marches, as well as try to keep everyone safe during the [...]
Dec. 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
King Mel is a long-time Boston community activist and civil rights leader who served as State Representative and ran for Mayor of Boston in 1982. Early in his career, he was a vocal organizer of a 1968 protest in which neighborhood activists erected a tent city in a parking lot where the Boston Redevelopment Authority [...]
Dec. 16, 2011 1 Comment
By Caitlin Buckley at Emmanuel College The literary world has entered the social network stream. Marketers have 140 characters to catch your interest. Lexie Winslow has social media down pat. Every day, she is the queen of clever hash-tags and witty status updates. She needs to get the most comments and “likes.” “Learning to write [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
Former Revere police officer, Todd Randall, was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI during questioning about a public corruption investigation. Randall, 40, was sentenced to four months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, during which he must stay away from drugs, alcohol and weapons, [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
On Monday, an associate of the organized crime group, La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release, according to an FBI press release. Thomas Iafrate, 70, of Johnston, R.I., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and admitted he was [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
OAK BEACH, N.Y. – Police investigators of Suffolk County announced last Tuesday that they have likely found the remains of missing 24-year old prostitute, Shannan Gilbert at 9:15 a.m. Gilbert has been missing since last May. Investigators found the body in a dense thicket close to where Gilbert disappeared. The body is thought to be Gilbert’s because searchers found her [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI — The Florida Department of Education released figures on Monday showing graduation rates hitting 80 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, one percent higher than the previous year, and nearly 10 percent higher than in the 2006-2007 school year. Miami-Dade County Public Schools also have something to be pleased about, climbing to an all-time [...]
Dec. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McHORD, Wash. — All four crew members were killed Monday night after 8:00 p.m. when two army surveillance OH-58 Kiowa helicopters crashed outside of Rainier at Joint Base Lewis-McHord The identity of the soldiers and cause of the crash are still unknown. It is not clear yet whether the helicopters collided in mid-air [...]
Dec. 12, 2011 3 Comments
Editor’s note: John Stephen Dwyer, a contributing editor for Blast, has been writing about Occupy Boston and spending several nights a week in Dewey Square since the protest began on September 30. He also reports on Occupy Harvard, the protest that began on November 9 and continues behind the locked and guarded gates of Harvard [...]
Dec. 9, 2011 1 Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — Queron Foreman, the third suspect in the shooting that took place outside of a San Leandro Walmart on November 25th, was arrested earlier today after his mother turned him into the police according to MercuryNews.com. The 18-year-old, a resident of Oakland, is the alleged driver of the suspect vehicle that was connected [...]
