Resources
Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre is an early and well-known instance of police brutality in Boston. On March 5, 1770, British soldiers shot into a crowd of Boston citizens who were taunting them. Five people were killed and several others were wounded. Though the British commander and most of the soldiers were acquitted at trial, the incident became a rallying cry for the American Revolution.
LEGAL SERVICES AND LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICES
Prisoners' Legal Services (formerly MCLS)
Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
National Lawyers Guild Lawyer Referral Service
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI)
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM)
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (CCCR)
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCR)
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association (LCCR-BBA)
Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty (MCADP)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
POLICE AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)
Police and other law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts
Injustice Everywhere: National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project
LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONS
Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
American Bar Association Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section (ABA IRR)
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Chapter (NLG-Mass.)