BUPD Harrassment of Activists
By Anonymous
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During an Operation: Over demonstration against recruitment centers on college campuses on Monday, March 20 (see pg. 10), activists were cut-off on their bikes by an unmarked Ford Taurus in the middle of the Massachusetts Avenue bridge. Protestors were on their way to demonstrate at MIT’s recruitment center when a plain clothes detective stepped out of the Taurus and physically assaulted one activist, Nell Schaefer, grabbing her wrist and bicycle. The two detectives, despite being asked numerous times, would not identify themselves. They, along with two uniformed officers who later showed up, detained the protesters on the bridge for 20 minutes, taking up the entire right lane of traffic, with no concern for the protesters’ safety.
On the following day, one of the protesters from the day before, Alia Ghabra, was accosted on the Boston University campus on her way to class by the same two detectives. The men followed her for three blocks on her way to class, shouting threats and taking photographs. They were once again asked for their names, ranks and badge numbers, but refused to identify themselves.
On Wednesday, Ghabra and others went to the BUPD to register formal complaints. The first officer assigned to interview Ghabra was one of the officers on the bridge. He spent a few minutes harassing her with accusatory comments and extremely aggressive, threatening body language. While registering their complaints, both Ghabra and Schaefer were repeatedly interrupted by another officer who was on the bridge; he showed them photographs from Operation: Over press releases and tried to coerce them into incriminating themselves.
Both Ghabra and Schaefer have rallied support from BU professors about these incidences. They have met with the BU Dean of Students, who is bringing the issue up to the administration. The police chief of the BUPD is also conducting an internal investigation of all parties involved. During recent interviews, he has admitted that what his officers did by not identifying themselves was wrong. He has also admitted to ordering detectives to surveil members of Operation: Over.
In this investigation, Schaefer and Ghabra have asked that a neutral committee be established as a pseudo-Internal Affairs apparatus, as opposed to the police chief, who is clearly invested in the outcome of this investigation. They have also requested that the BUPD hold monthly forums to give local activists, citizens, and police officers a chance to reconnect as people that are oppressed by the same system. “This way, next time we all meet on the streets, the police might think twice about pepper-spraying someone they’ve had conversations with,” Ghabra said. Schaefer and Ghabra will be discussing the issue on an MIT radio show in the next few weeks.
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COMMENTS
Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Pasquale at -0-4--2006 |
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You were stopped on the bridge because they’re smart enough to know Cambridge and Middlesex County wouldn’t put up with the same BUPD bullshit the City of Boston and Suffolk County does.
The reason for the BUPD’s assault was to provoke you. They were hoping you would defend yourself so they could make an arrest and file charges of assault and battery on a police officer. It also gives them an opportunity to go through your belongings and rob you of any cash.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Beg 2 Differ at -0-4--2006 |
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Nah. They stopped you on the bridge before you could escape to Cambridge which is a communist town.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Oh Boy at -0-4--2006 |
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Are you kidding? You people are nuts
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by AMEN at -0-4--2006 |
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Why does a college campus need unmarked police cars, and plainclothes police officers? Your $50,000 tuition, dormitory, and fees are paying for all this.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by oh boy at -0-4--2006 |
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you are the same people who will be screaming that the police haven't done anything when you get raped or robbed or worse, grow up.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by A PO at -0-4--2006 |
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"They all hate you, until they NEED you"
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by FLIPSIDE at -0-4--2006 |
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Becauuuuuuse......
You drink underage, you have sex parties and hire hookers, you sell extacy, and you conspire and execute acts of civil disruption and political stalking.
Not that most of those things aren't fun, but someone has to make sure you aren't toting pipe bombs all over the place or running an international narco ring.
BU is not just a run of the mill glorified high school. Rafik Harriri had interests there, Silber was helping Iran Contra from there, you got a billion Iranians running around on campus, Elie Wiesel is putting on the Holocaust Variety Shoah 24/7, CAMERA is training armies of Israeli apologists, lots of money is being trucked around the campus,there are lots of good reasons to mae sure you little peons aren't disrupting the flow of goods and services.
Why does a college campus need unmarked police cars, and plainclothes police officers? Your $50,000 tuition, dormitory, and fees are paying for all this.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Pasqualos at -0-4--2006 |
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Unmarked cars, campus cops out of uniform, and refusing to identify themselves. Professionalism shouldn’t be expected from the BU cops. Most of these guys scored too low on the civil service exam to get a normal police job. Nepotism explains their employment at Boston University.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by furthermore at -0-4--2006 |
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None of you BU cops could have got into BU on your own merit!
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Antonio spidah_man2002 (nospam) yahoo.com at -0-4--2006 |
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All you tree hugging, non Bio-lab supporting freaks should use your energy elsewhere, nobody cares about you.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Si at -0-4--2006 |
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And who is the "anonymous" turd who wrote this garbage? nice job hiding your identity you coward.
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BU Cops Getting into BU ?
Posted by Wes at -0-4--2006 |
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Most of the BUPD officers that I dealt with on campus seem intelligent enough to have gotten into BU, the reason that most chose not to go is that they are from working class backgrounds; i.e. they're are not whiney little rich kids who have mommie and daddie flipping for the 40 k a year tuition.
As far as the cops in plainclothes, have you ever heard of the cops being low key in attempts to catch people in the act of doing something illegal ( raping, robbing, stealing)...
One more question, if the BUPD can't keep tabs on Op. Over, who by Operation Over members own admissions have engaged in illegal, though politically motivated, activities, should the BUPD stop keeping tabs on neo nazi / far right wing groups? The most the far right has down on campus is leafletting, no acts of vandalism, etc.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Pasquale at -0-4--2006 |
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OhBoy Do you mean like the way the BUPD helped Kristin Roslonski when she was raped?
Why is it that other university police chiefs have impressive law enforcement credentials, but not BU?
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by bill etwee (nospam) earthlink.net at -0-4--2006 |
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May we reprint this article in the May issue of our newspaper, The Bridge? Not to be confused with the BU or Charlestown rags of the same name. we'll include your web address if it's OK. We heard about these incidents and Micah suggested we look at your article....
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Anonymous at -0-4--2006 |
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Besides being one ugly individual BU's chief was a rank and file cop. One of the few BU cops who scored high enough to land a normal cop job. How's that for qulifications.
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Speaking of Ugly
Posted by Destro at -0-4--2006 |
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How many asses did they have to rub together to make the Stunted Underground?
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by FNLWRD at -0-4--2006 |
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You racist pigs are useless. If a rape happens and you cant make an easy arrest (which is most of the time) she is punished for coming forward.
You employ a murderer who shot and killed a 19yr old boy. Chris Dignan was shot from behind and now he is dead. The DA decided to do nothing. Why?
Anyone who's son or daughter is considering Boston University know the facts.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Pasqualos at -0-4--2006 |
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Why so quiet Wes? Combat flashback, graduate school responsibility, or simply did your boss, Bobby Molloy, tell you to “shut the f%#K up”
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by pasqualos at -0-4--2006 |
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Who is the fat bastard on the bridge with the camera? Could that be John Ryan of BU’s dignitary protection division, the BU equivalent of the United States Secret Service. John, how do you train for a job like that? Driving hookers & Strippers around? Holding cash & making change for the customers?
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Dan at -0-4--2006 |
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Some of you people have misperceptions about who the BUPD actually are. They are police, like the Boston Police, they just have a more limited jurisdiction to only BU property. BU makes contributions to the BUPD, but most of its funds come from the state. They're obviously influenced by the requests from BU, but then again, they are protecting BU's property, so BU can demand what it wants. BUPD police officers are trained like any other cop in the country at the police academy. This is also why they have detectives, because they investigate crimes. There's no conspiracy theory here, you all should relax.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by G at -0-4--2006 |
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Hey Dan
If BU cops have such a limited Jurisdiction how did that cop end up killing the 19-year old kid on Western Ave? That’s at least a mile away from campus, and BU owns or rents nothing over there.
Additionally I expected my college career to be a time of academic challenge and a period for charting a fulfilling, productive, and happy life.
I find myself preoccupied and concerned with my safety. These BUPD thugs attempted to frame us. I feel very unsafe around BU police personnel. I felt that one false admission on my part (which is what they wanted) would have changed my life as dramatically as 4 years of college. The knowledge that one of them killed a 19-year old kid, and is still employed at the University worries me.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by nobody likes you at -0-4--2006 |
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That was over 20 years ago, get over it, and yourself!
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by pasqualos at -0-4--2006 |
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Time doesn’t erase the pain of losing a son and a brother. Not even 20 yrs
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Anonymous at -0-4--2006 |
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BU will never allow any of you hacks to be chief for more than a short time. Fiedler knows all of you were hired because of back door practices like favoritism, bigotry, bias; and nepotism. Pray that TIAA-CREF pays off cause there’s no golden parachute for you.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Anonymous at -0-5--2006 |
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Notice the BU cop playing pocket pool on the bridge? That’s the busiest he’s been all month! Think he wants to masterbate to the Operation Over Mug shots. How did he get the job, and who must you be related to in order to get away with murder?
92% white student enrollment, 100% white campus police employment, and another white BUPD police chief.
Nothing changes
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Pasquale at -0-5--2006 |
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Destro asked How many asses did they have to rub together to make the Stunted Underground?
Destro, How many hack family members must be on the BUPD payroll ?
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political stalking
Posted by pasquale at -0-5--2006 |
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Political stalking? How would you classify BU cops following Operation Over members around? That certainly is a form of stalking, but when the BU cops do its called surveillance, right!
When Kevin Bourque shot a19 year old kid in the back & killed him it was classified as self-defense. If the police, and district attorney did their jobs he would have been called a murder suspect, and defendant until the jury spoke.
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Double standard
Posted by Charles at -0-5--2006 |
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Why was the BUPD allowed to investigate the Chris Dignan shooting? They clearly had a vested interest in its outcome.
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How many hacks........
Posted by Destro at -0-5--2006 |
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I wouldn't know. This is FLIPSIDE.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Anonymous at -0-5--2006 |
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Chris Dignans civil rights were violated
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Mike at -0-2--2008 |
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This story is very very very hard to believe.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by Thomas Luger at -0-2--2008 |
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The negative remarks about the BUPD are just from ignorant people who happen to go to a university and learn nothing. Thye would complain about the Boston Police, Tranist Police, cambridge Police etc. These are the same people who still dress like they are in the sixties and protest anything and don't make any supporters. The BU Police are one of the best University Departments in the nation. Thye have to pass the academy like any other Police officer. And the ignorant reason why tye are BU cops and not city cops. BU pays thier Police officers well, more then some towns. So no one takes you to heart what you negative folks say. They are needed just like any other Department, and if those persons just stopped and answer the Police officer like you should have, then they would not have made up this bogus story.
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Re: BUPD Harrassment of Activists
Posted by DR. Hunter DHunter (nospam) ultimateemail.com at -0-2--2008 |
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Let me clarify something for you pal. First off these campus cops may attend the same police academies as other police organizations, but that’s where the similarities end. They work for BU and answer to the administration.
When orders came down to escort locksmiths to Tyngsboro and force the employees of Linkage Corporation out, despite an existing lease, there was no hesitation on their part.
Does this indicate how law abiding and ethical this law enforcement agency really is?
Need an example of incompetence with tragic consequences? How about the night BU police officer Kevin Bourque was driving around with an expired drivers license? He pursued 19 year-old kid and killed him with a shot to the back of the head. Bourque never faced any prosecution because it was his word against a dead witness. Additionally the BU police conducted the investigation their friend and co-worker.
In contrast to the above example and few miles down the road is Boston College. A BC police officer died last year from injuries sustained in evacuating a dormitory when a military chemical was released into the ventilation system.
Unlike the BU police he didn’t kill anyone, but saved student lives. This is an example of a professional police officer, and one of the best departments in the nation. Unlike the knuckle dragging thugs that epitomizes the BUPD.
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