Hundreds of Massachusetts police and other law enforcement employees charged with felonies, serious misconduct over past three decades, state records show This story was produced as part of Boston University Professor Maggie Mulvihill’s Data Journalism class. In addition to conducting more than two dozen interviews, students obtained and analyzed thousands of pages of public records from state prosecutors and the Attorney General, revealing exculpatory evidence shared with criminal defendants, including disclosures made to defense counsel, police reports, Internal Affairs records, court filings, memoranda, investigative documents, emails, search warrant affidavits, policy statements and databases. Research and reporting was contributed by Mulvihill, Tanisha Bhat, Grace Donahue, Cassandra Dumay, Kajsa Kedefors, Sydney Ko, Amisha Kumar, Talia Lissauer, Katrina Liu, Aaron Michael, Chinanuekpele Okoli, Joe Pohoryles, Jewel Sanchez, David Simon, Barrett Walsh, Rachel Yi, Garrett Adamtsev, Walker Armstrong, Zhadyra Assetkyzy, Casey Choung, Kaninika Dey, Husan Ma, Mia Macaluso, Madison Mercado, Mandile Mpofu, Gabriela Romero and Sahika Aydinol.
05.05.2023/Special Edition
05.05.2023/Special Edition
05.05.2023/Special Edition
Hundreds of Massachusetts police and other law enforcement employees charged with felonies, serious misconduct over past three decades, state records show This story was produced as part of Boston University Professor Maggie Mulvihill’s Data Journalism class. In addition to conducting more than two dozen interviews, students obtained and analyzed thousands of pages of public records from state prosecutors and the Attorney General, revealing exculpatory evidence shared with criminal defendants, including disclosures made to defense counsel, police reports, Internal Affairs records, court filings, memoranda, investigative documents, emails, search warrant affidavits, policy statements and databases. Research and reporting was contributed by Mulvihill, Tanisha Bhat, Grace Donahue, Cassandra Dumay, Kajsa Kedefors, Sydney Ko, Amisha Kumar, Talia Lissauer, Katrina Liu, Aaron Michael, Chinanuekpele Okoli, Joe Pohoryles, Jewel Sanchez, David Simon, Barrett Walsh, Rachel Yi, Garrett Adamtsev, Walker Armstrong, Zhadyra Assetkyzy, Casey Choung, Kaninika Dey, Husan Ma, Mia Macaluso, Madison Mercado, Mandile Mpofu, Gabriela Romero and Sahika Aydinol.