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Anger Growing Over Officer-Involved Shooting Of Cambridge Student Anger Growing Over Officer-Involved Shooting Of Cambridge Student
Anger Growing Over Officer-Involved Shooting Of Cambridge Student Dozens of people gathered on Monday, Jan. 9, to protest the officer-involved killing of UMass student Sayad Faisal last week and grieve the loss of a community member that they said had big dreams and was working to make them a reality.   The Bangladesh Association of New England and other groups led the protest to denounce police brutality and call out officers for not seeking less lethal means to deal with the young man.  A Cambridge officer shot Faisal a little after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4., after he jumped through a window in the Cambridgeport area and began cutting himself with b…

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by Josh Lanier
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Machete-Wielding Man Killed In Officer-Involved Cambridge Shooting: Police Machete-Wielding Man Killed In Officer-Involved Cambridge Shooting: Police
Machete-Wielding Man Killed In Officer-Involved Cambridge Shooting: Police A 25-year-old man who repeatedly cut himself with a machete was shot and killed by a Cambridge police officer on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, authorities said.  The shirtless man, whose name was not released, appeared to be suffering emotional distress when he took the blade and slit his wrists, according to the police radio call released by Live Boston. He then started to stab himself with the machete after police arrived.  Units are in the area of Chestnut and Sidney Street following a response to a male who was reportedly armed with a machete in apparent distress. The male has been t…

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by Josh Lanier