Retaliation for FOIA
This podcast is a great example of how sometimes filing an FOIA on the police leads to police retaliation https://open.spotify.com/show/7wF5NYBYEMmoqPp4eSHtfb?si=P9smKGCtRLy8x4H5YF3U9Q
u/Ok_Seaweed4877 — 18 hours ago
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The historic Cambridge-Watertown dispute (and a question on a new book)
Has anyone read Watertown: Under Color of Law yet?
I’ve been diving into local history and learned that back in 1632, Watertown and Cambridge (then "New Towne") had a massive political dispute over a tax.
The Massachusetts Court ordered settlements to pay for a stockade fort right here in Cambridge.
Watertown's freemen flat-out refused, arguing it was imposed without representation—the first organized protest of its kind in America.🤣🤣🤣
Knowing this area has a 400-year history of citizens standing up to local institutional overreach is wild.
u/Ok_Seaweed4877 — 5 days ago