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When Cambridge Police Sgt. Frank Pasquarello was assigned to show the city's new police commissioner, Ronnie Watson, the firehouse on Quincy and Broadway Streets on Wednesday, he never guessed the commissioner would handcuff an alleged purse-snatcher before the afternoon was over...
Christopher R. McFadden asserts that without the Communications Decency Act the state would be "handcuff[ed]" in attempts to keep pornography out of the hands of minors. This is incorrect...
Though the staff would protect the exchange of pornographic materials over the Internet, it would handcuff all state attempts to keep this material from reaching young children. It has long been recognized that the state has a role in preventing the corruption of its youth, and only the foolish would deny that this material is inappropriate for their possession...
...case, both then and now, begins with a traffic violation. Just before 4 a.m. on Dec. 9, 1981, Faulkner stopped a Volkswagen going the wrong way on a one-way street. The driver was William Cook, Abu-Jamal's brother. The prosecution contends that when Faulkner tried to handcuff Cook, Abu-Jamal, who was moonlighting in the vicinity as a taxi driver, jumped from his cab and ran to his brother's defense. By this account, Abu-Jamal shot Faulkner in the back. When the policeman returned fire, hitting Abu-Jamal in the chest, the journalist straddled the officer...
...single stroke, the gangs have fulfilled two of Governor James' dearest campaign promises: saving money (inmates, when chained, require fewer guards) and getting tough with criminals. Fortunately, today's crews do not have to wear the heavy ankle irons that used to cause "shackle poison" (the new, handcuff-like shackles are made of lighter metals). Nor, in theory, will the men have to endure the overwork, beatings and disease that led to death rates as high as 45% among "classic" chain gangs. Still, working on a '90s-style gang is no picnic: inmates will be toiling through 12-hour workdays...