"US opens Canton school inquiry; Shock discipline at Rotenberg center prompts concern" by Patricia Wen, Globe Staff | February 25, 2010
The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether a special needs school in Canton violates federal disability laws by disciplining students with electrical skin shocks.
This barbaric torture of our "retards" continues, huh?
Also see: The State of Massachusetts is Mentally Ill
I'm ASHAMED, readers!
This is LIBERAL COMPASSIONATE Massachusetts?
It is the first federal probe of the highly scrutinized Judge Rotenberg Educational Center and follows demands from more than 30 disability rights groups from across the country.
In a September 2009 letter, the groups said the facility’s use of “painful and dehumanizing behavioral techniques violates all principles of human rights.’’
And WE HAVE the NERVE to CRITICIZE OTHERS over human rights?
Feeding them uranium in the bowls of cereal wasn't good enough, huh?
They seek to end the school’s use of shock therapy....
For nearly four decades, the school has generated controversy for its unorthodox methods, administered to roughly half of the 200 students. Many of them have autism, developmental disabilities, or emotional troubles, and some have criminal records or are at risk of hurting themselves.
Yeah, so give 'em the juice.
So WHEN do the POLITICIANS and AUTHORITIES take the slab, huh?
Those students wear electrodes attached to their skin, and staff members can remotely trigger a two-second electrical shock through a hand-held device.
And if the thumb slips?
Many parents who have children at the Rotenberg center have supported the school, saying it accepted their children when other institutions turned them away or that the shocks are a better alternative to heavy sedation administered at some facilities....
Our society is screwed yup, world.
Yeah, ZAP 'EM or DOPE 'EM UP, that's all we know!
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Can I get clarification on all this, SJC?
"SJC clarifies statute on drugs and rape
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that a person who simply provided drugs to someone and then had sex with them cannot be convicted under the state law against drugging someone to rape them. The state’s top court pointed out that a Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling in the case found that, for the charge to be valid, the defendant had to employ “some forceful action, deceit, or trickery’’ in administering the drug to the victim.
Isn't that what spiking a drink is?
The court ruled in the case of Gary Leblanc, a Gardner lawyer who was sentenced in 2005 to 10 to 12 years in prison for drugging and raping an 18-year-old woman. The court overturned Leblanc’s conviction on a charge of drugging a person for the purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse, but it affirmed his convictions on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery.
This state is so f***ed up, readers.
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Maybe these guys were charged up, 'eh?
"Wellesley park trees felled in error; Abutter’s hired crew ‘just cut too many’" by Caitlin Castello, Globe Correspondent | February 18, 2010
WELLESLEY - Town officials are investigating the unauthorized clearing of a swath of mature trees in Boulder Brook Reservation behind the Weston property of Steve Belkin, an owner of the Atlanta Hawks.
Belkin’s property manager, Bob Campana, said he hired a crew to remove the trees last month after a wind storm toppled some of them across a walking trail. He said the fallen trees had posed a safety hazard, but the workers cut far more than he wanted....
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"Mass. Colonial period civic group bilked of $60K
The former treasurer of a Massachusetts civic organization that participates in Revolutionary War battle re-enactments and raises money for community scholarships has been charged with stealing $60,000 from the group. Christopher Anderton of Boxborough, a member of the Boxborough District Minute Men Company, was released on personal recognizance Wednesday after pleading not guilty in Ayer District Court to larceny over $250 and embezzlement. Prosecutors say the 53-year-old Anderton withdrew the money over several years from the group's accounts through ATMs. The alleged thefts were noticed in December by the group's new treasurer. Anderton's lawyer tells The Sun of Lowell his client wants to make restitution....
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Want to fight wars, gentlemen?
Then ENLIST and GO FIGHT the REAL ONES!
WAR is NOT a MOVIE, a**holes!!
Then again, all our heroes are corrupt as s***.
It's the sign of a dying society.
"2 Weymouth firefighters face assault trial
Two Weymouth firefighters charged with participating in a fight outside a city restaurant are scheduled to go on trial this week. Anthony DiAuto and Gary Walsh both face charges of assault and battery when their trial starts Monday in Norfolk Superior Court. DiAuto is also charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, his foot. Prosecutors say DiAuto attacked a man for touching the wife of one of the firefighters in the Gourmet Oriental restaurant in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2007. Walsh allegedly fought another man who went to the first man's aide. Both have pleaded not guilty and are on dispatch duty pending the outcome of the case (AP)."
Update: Weymouth firefighters acquitted of assault charges
"Ex-Mass. cop convicted of rape faces sentencing
A former part-time Rutland police officer convicted of rape, kidnapping and assault is facing sentencing. Jason Briddon is scheduled for sentencing Thursday in Worcester Superior Court after a jury found the 37-year-old guilty of the charges in January. A 30-year-old victim testified at trial that Briddon raped and beat her and held her against her will on the morning of Oct. 9, 2008, after she agreed to engage in a sex act with him for money to support her crack cocaine addiction....
Gross. Cop getting it on with a crack whore?
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Update: Former Rutland cop gets 10 to 12 years for rape
"In Parole Board’s work, few sure things; Freed killer’s rearrest prompts case review" by Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | February 22, 2010
NATICK - Board members, who are paid $80,000 to $100,000 a year, drive an average of 23,000 miles a year in cars issued to them by the agency....
Tyranny. When carbon emissions do not matter.
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No chance for parole here:
"Inmate found hanged in cell dies
Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate who was discovered hanged in her cell at a Massachusetts prison. A spokeswoman for the Department of Correction said 27-year-old Jennifer Murphy was pronounced dead Sunday after being taken to a hospital from MCI-Framingham. Murphy, whose last known address was Stoneham, was serving a 3- to 4-year sentence for unarmed robbery and assault and battery with a deadly weapon (AP)."
Stinky and suspicious, readers.
Like these:
"Suspicious package forces evacuation
A building was evacuated at MITRE Corp. in Bedford yesterday morning after an employee opened a package containing a suspicious substance. The incident, which was reported to police at 8:39 a.m., is under investigation, said Bedford police Sergeant Jeff Wardwell. The employee received the package at home and opened it in the D Building on the company’s campus, said MITRE spokeswoman Jennifer Shearman. The employee then called the corporation’s emergency phone number. Bedford police and firefighters responded to the scene. MITRE’s emergency protocol required employees to evacuate the building, but they safely returned to work later, Shearman said. The package will be transferred to State Police for analysis, Wardwell said.
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"Security check for parcel sent to Kerry
Fire officials say there is no indication that a suspicious package sent to Senator John F. Kerry’s office in downtown Boston contained an explosive device. Staff members concerned about the package contacted the Boston fire and police departments, which responded to the scene. The federal Department of Homeland Security also investigated. The Fire Department’s special operations unit found no evidence of explosives or biological or chemical agents. The unopened package was transported to a state lab for further investigation (AP)."
I'm tired of the false flag bulls***, how about you?
You know what you need, Bostonians:
"The Boston City Council, who called for a hearing on increasing security at bodegas and corner shops by potentially helping owners purchase surveillance cameras....
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And who knows if all this tyranny is even working (it's not):
"Offender tracking with GPS has flaws; Devices don’t stop crime, survey says" by David Abel, Globe Staff | March 2, 2010
The increasing number wearing such electronic ankle bracelets has saved the state money by reducing the need to feed and house them in prisons, but recent events underscore how the GPS tracking devices remain an imperfect substitute for incarceration.
It's always been about monitoring and controlling people, not crime.
That is just how they got you to accept tyranny, 'murkn.
They allow authorities to monitor an offender’s whereabouts, but they do not prevent crime, especially when their plastic straps can be removed with a few snips of a scissors....
French’s arrest and similar cases have raised questions about the effectiveness of GPS monitoring, which relies on satellites to track an offender’s location. By last week, 1,019 state offenders were wearing GPS devices, and another 735 offenders were using a radio frequency device that tracks when they leave their homes.
“We can’t protect anyone’s safety,’’ said Paul Lucci, deputy commissioner of the state Office of the Commissioner of Probation, who oversees its electronic monitoring program. “It’s impossible to prevent those wearing GPS devices from committing a crime. . . . There are no guarantees whatsoever.’’
But lots of loot: State Government On Probation
Since the technology came into wide use over the past decade - thousands of offenders are now tracked by GPS nationwide - a series of studies has raised questions about whether the devices reduce recidivism.
Nationally, more than 12,600 offenders were tracked by GPS in 2008, nearly 8,000 of whom were sex offenders, according to the most recent data available from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Roxanne Lieb - director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, which monitors correctional policies around the country - said a survey of a dozen studies on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring shows that the devices do not blunt violence....
“The problem is that there aren’t enough prison cells.... ’’
That's the answer to everything, isn't it, AmeriKa?
French’s arrest followed a similarly brief disappearance this month of Leeland Eisenberg, a New Hampshire man who was being tracked electronically after he took hostages at a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007.
That's all he got?
I smell a FALSE FLAG designed to GAIN SYMPATHY, folks!!
Authorities found him a day after he cut off his ankle bracelet....
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More: Mass. man killed in Fla. tour bus crash
Related: Florida Fogs Police Murder of Massachusetts Man
Never heard back on that.
