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Sayad Faisal

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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