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Boston 06/14/2025 No Kings protestors march in the middle of the Boston Pride parade along Boylston Street. The annual Boston Pride Parade took place through the streets of the Back Bay and the South End. This year, 'No King but Yaaas Queen' protestors marched in unison with the parade. .John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff
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Protesters hold signs during the "No Kings but Yaaas Queen!" demonstration Saturday in Boston's Copley Square.
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Brittany Camson with the Queer Winthrop Social Club marches down Boylston Street with other members.
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"No Kings" rally was held in Brockton, MA on Saturday June, 14 2025.
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Sachie Karmacharya with the Wellan Montessori School In Newton holds on to her rainbow headpiece as a gust of wind blew down Boylston Street during the Pride parade.
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Protesters chanted and hold signs during Saturday's "No Kings but Yaaas Queen!" demonstration in Boston.
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Senator Ed Mark Markey addresses the crowd during the Boston Pride For The People Parade in Boston on June 14, 2025.
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'Lucky' sits in the back seat of a vehicle in the Pride Parade as it heads down Clarendon Street.
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Alex Rittenberg held up a pride flag as the annual Boston Pride Parade heads down Boylston Street.
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A "No Kings" rally was held in Brockton, MA on Saturday June, 14 2025.
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Spectators along Clarendon Street watch the Boston Pride Parade.
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Boston's annual Pride parade kicked off Saturday morning at Copley Square.
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Vishel painted his face as he watches the Pride Parade go along Clarendon Street.
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Protesters march in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump "No Kings Day" demonstration in a city that has been the focus of protests against Trump's immigration raids on June 14.
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People attend a 'No Kings" protest in New York on June 14.
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Protesters gather at Liberty Plaza, outside of the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta, on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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Sheriff officers keep protesters from crossing a bridge to Mar-a-Lago during a No Kings Dayprotest in West Palm Beach, Fla, on Saturday.
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Demonstrators march during the "No Kings" protest, Saturday, June 14 in Philadelphia.
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A demonstrator holds a sign during a "No Kings" protest, Saturday, June 14 in Atlanta.
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New York Post
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- New York Post
Accused killer Vance Boelter hints at motive in Post jailhouse interview
The man accused in the politically motivated assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband insisted to The Post this week the murders had nothing to do with President Trump or abortion — but stopped short of saying what allegedly drove him to kill. 'You are fishing and I can't talk about my case…I'll say it didn't involve either the Trump stuff or pro-life,' Vance Boelter wrote this week from a cell inside Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. 'I am pro-life personaly [sic] but it wasn't those,' he said, using the jail's internal messaging system. 'I will just say there is a lot of information that will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves that goes back 24 months before the 14th. If the gov ever let's [sic] it get out.' 5 'I'll say it didn't involve either the Trump stuff or pro-life,' accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter told the Post from Sherburne County Jail this week. Sherburne County Jail The Post's communication with Boelter, 57, included messages and two separate, 20-minute video visits Friday — and were his first public words, outside of brief court hearings, since his arrest for the murders of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their Brooklyn Park home around 3:30 a.m. on June 14. Boelter harped on a handwritten, one-and-a-half page letter left in an abandoned SUV at the crime scene that was addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel, saying critical elements were kept from the public. 'Can I ask what you heard as an outside person about the note that the alleged person — I'll say alleged person — left in that car, did you hear anything about that?' demanded Boelter, wearing a yellow, jail-issued jumpsuit, in a thick Minnesotan accent. In the letter, which has not been released publicly, Boelter reportedly claimed he had been secretly trained by the US Military and was asked by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to perform the killings, so that the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate could run for Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar's seat. 5 Boelter allegedly wore a creepy latex mask and a police officer's uniform during the June 14 shootings of state Democratic lawmakers. FBI 'Certain details of that letter were leaked out that probably painted one kind of a picture, but a lot more important details that were in that letter were not leaked out,' Boelter said during the second televisit Friday, refusing to elaborate on the alleged details, besides to say they pertained to 'things that were going on in Minnesota.' 'I also made sure when I was arrested that they secured that letter — I made the request that they secure that letter before it gets destroyed — because I was concerned somebody would destroy it,' he said. Law enforcement found the letter alongside a hit list of 70 other politicians, including Walz and abortion providers in the North Star State, and flyers for the 'No Kings' anti-Trump rallies scheduled the same day as the killings. 5 Boelter is accused of killing Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (right) and her husband, Mark, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman (left) and his wife, Yvette. MelissaHortman/Facebook He told The Post after a long pause that he supported Trump, but refused to clarify his relationship to and feelings toward Democrat Walz, who appointed Boelter to Minnesota's Workforce Development Council in 2019. Boelter — who authorities say wore a creepy latex mask and a police officer's uniform during the attacks — is also accused of shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their Champlin home during the sick, early morning spree. In response to a question about his feelings toward the victims and their families, Boelter bizarrely invoked his Christian faith — recalling a Bible verse in which God tells his followers to love thy neighbors. 'I forgot which verse it was…but I've always followed that,' Boelter said of the teaching. 'You can maybe ask…if somebody believes that, and they love God and that they love their neighbor…allegedly, how could they be involved in a situation where some people are no longer here that were here before?' he eerily inquired. 5 Boelter had a hit list of 70 other politicians, including Gov. Tim Walz and abortion providers in the North Star State, according to authorities. via REUTERS 'I'll let you chew on that one,' he said. The ordained minister and father of four — who claimed to have business ventures in the food, farming, security and several other industries — also gave a small glimpse into his own family's turmoil. 'I talked to my wife for 2 minutes shortly after my arrest and then the call was cut off. Nothing since then. My wife and family had nothing to do with any of this. They were all shocked like others,' he wrote, referring to wife Jenny Boelter. Boelter's family were 'completely blindsided' by his alleged crimes, they said in a June 26 statement released through their lawyer. 'On behalf of my children and myself, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the Hortman and Hoffman families,' his wife, Jenny Boelter, said in the statement. 'This violence does not at all align with our beliefs as a family.' She did not return requests for comment. 5 The accused assassin said he briefly spoke with his wife, Jenny Boelter, following his arrest — but 'nothing since then.' Vance Boelter/Facebook Besides his wife and The Post, the accused assassin has only had contact with his lawyer and correctional officers inside the county lockup, where he's been held in a central booking cell for nearly a month. 'My immune system is failing because I am being held in a booking cell that's not made to live in,' he whined. '[I] wasn't issued cloths [sic] for almost 3 weeks. Lights never shut off. Sleep on plastic pad on concrete floor.' 'I'm not allowed to be around or talk to anyone except the guards,' he wrote. Sherburne County Jail officials could not be reached for comment. The FBI did not respond to inquiries by the time of publication.
Los Angeles Times
a day ago
- Los Angeles Times
Law enforcement violating rules on less-lethal weapons in ICE protests, critics say
Sergio Espejo didn't come to Los Angeles with activism in mind. He planned to visit a friend as he had done many times in the past. Except, this summer the city was engulfed in protests, sparked by a series of ICE raids in early June. This time, he said, he came 'to support my fellow immigrants. 'I don't think it's right that we're being targeted in places where we should be safe.' Espejo was one of the estimated 200,000 people who attended the 'No Kings' protest in downtown L.A. on June 14. He described the protesters as being largely peaceful. People were dancing, playing music, waving Mexican and American flags, he said, and 'exercising their 1st Amendment rights as Americans.' At 4 p.m., Espejo walked to L.A. City Hall, seeing a line of LAPD and L.A. Sheriff's Department officers on the building's steps. By 5 p.m. the sheriff's department began firing tear gas, foam projectiles, and pepper spray, attempting to disperse the crowd. Then a projectile hit Espejo and exploded. 'I saw parts of my finger fly off into the side of the street,' Espejo said. The flash bang device that changed Espejo's life was a 'less lethal' weapon. The category includes tear gas and pepper balls, which were first used by law enforcement after World War I and deployed during strikes and political actions in the 1920s and '30s. Rubber bullets were created by the British army to quell protesters in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Typically, these weapons were used to enforce order without using live ammunition. However, these tools have been a source of controversy since their inception, with lawyers, activists and academics claiming they're used too frequently and have devastating effects on targets. After Espejo was hit, he said, he ran west on Temple Street, hand bleeding, shouting for help. Bystanders called for a medic, and he was taken to Los Angeles General Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery. His left index finger was amputated. A data engineer, Espejo can no longer type with his left hand. Worse, he said, he is no longer able to draw. 'My passion is drawing, that's how I express myself, and I can't do that anymore,' Espejo said. In a civil rights claim filed against the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the city of Los Angeles, Espejo says sheriff's deputies 'used flash bangs, thrown at Plaintiff's face, along with other less lethal munitions,' and 'it caused Plaintiff to suffer multiple injuries.' 'What happened to Mr. Espejo is not an isolated act of misconduct. It reflects a broader and deeply troubling pattern in which the Sheriff's Department has repeatedly responded to peaceful protest with militarized violence,' reads the claim submitted to the city of Los Angeles on June 19. The claim also critiques pervasive use of less-lethal weapons. 'These weapons—intended only for highly limited use by trained personnel in situations involving immediate threats—have instead been used indiscriminately, often without urgency, warning, or legal justification.' The L.A. County Sheriff's Department declined to discuss the case but said all use-of-force incidents are reviewed and evaluated by department executives, according to a written statement. 'The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) requires all deputies to undergo extensive training in the use of less lethal force upon graduation from the basic academy and continuing throughout their service,' the department wrote. The same statement listed the ways officers are taught to use less-lethal weapons, from an eight-hour class in patrol school, to mandatory refresher courses each year. 'We do not use less lethal tools indiscriminately; we only use them when de-escalation measures have been exhausted and when Deputies, other members of law enforcement, or innocent citizens are being attacked and assaulted with items such as bricks, stones, mortars, and Molotov Cocktails,' the sheriff's department wrote. According to the department's use-of-force policy, such materials should be used only 'when objectively reasonable given the circumstances.' The same rules state that officers who use excessive force will face discipline or prosecution. But activists and attorneys say officers in the LAPD and LASD aren't abiding by their own rules. The ACLU of Southern California has an open form for people who were injured by law enforcement or federal agents during the anti-ICE protests. In the two weeks after the initial protests, the ACLU said it was contacted by 250 people who claimed to have either been harmed, or witnessed someone being harmed, by police and federal officers, the organization said in a statement. The organization did not share details of the responses. There have been 59 complaints filed against the Los Angeles Police Department since June 1 related to use of force, the LAPD told The Times in a written statement. 'We call on the city of Los Angeles, we call on the mayor, we call on our police chief: get your officers under control, have them comply with the law,' said civil rights attorney James DeSimone at a June 25 news conference. DeSimone is representing three clients: Miguel Mendoza, Atlachinolli Tezcacoatl, and Daisy Bravo. All three attended the anti-ICE protest in downtown L.A. on June 8, according to claims for damages DeSimone filed against the city, and all suffered injuries from less-lethal projectiles. Mendoza and Bravo spoke to reporters on June 25. Tezcacoatl remained silent, DeSimone speaking for him. After being hit in the face by a projectile, Tezcacoatl's jaw was wired shut. Mendoza was in Koreatown visiting a friend while anti-ICE protests swept across L.A. A content creator, he began to notice other influencers posting about a City Hall protest on June 8. A first-generation son of Mexican immigrants, Mendoza believed that attending was something he had to do. 'I was born here ... in California, in the Bay Area. I have to stand up for my beliefs,' Mendoza said in a interview. Mendoza was among the thousands who marched to City Hall that day. At approximately 6 p.m., after police had already begun using batons and less-lethal projectiles to push back the crowd, Mendoza was looking through photos of the event he had taken on his phone. All at once, Mendoza's felt the sudden shock of impact, and his ears began ringing. 'And then I, like, looked down, and blood is just gushing out of my face, and my hands are just covered, like they're all red,' he said. Mendoza had been struck in the face by a less-lethal projectile. According to Mendoza's claim, the LAPD 'intentionally and/or recklessly subjected Mr. Mendoza to physical injuries and pain by shooting these projectiles at him or indiscriminately in his direction.' 'They broke my nose on both sides, there was acute fractures to my cheek, my cheekbone, there was a deep laceration where the rubber bullet almost went completely through,' said Mendoza, who first went to the PIH Urgent Care Center Westlake, then Glendale Memorial Hospital. 'I think they did a total of seven stitches.' 'LAPD is absolutely violating their own policies, as well as the United States Constitution as well as state law,' DeSimone said in an interview. The LAPD declined to comment on Mendoza's claims. Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021, Assembly Bill 48 places prohibitions on the use of less-lethal weapons, The law says such weaponry can only be used by law enforcement to defend against physical threats or to bring dangerous situations under control. Such weapons cannot be fired indiscriminately into crowds, or aimed at the head, neck, or any other vital organs, according to Section 2 of the bill. This legislation came in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, in which thousands marched across Los Angeles demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality. According to an analysis by the L.A Times, police actions related to these protests cost $11.9 million in settlements and jury awards. Law enforcement use of less-lethal weapons and general protest tactics were a source of scrutiny then, and later the cause of mass retraining for LAPD officers. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, more than 500 people have been arrested for protest-related activity in Los Angeles from June 7 to June 15. Charges range from assault to obstruction, and unlawful assembly. Others have been charged with use of Molotov cocktails against sheriff's deputies and throwing bricks at federal law enforcement. Pastor Stephen 'Cue' Jn-Marie was an organzier during the Floyd protests, and he witnessed the policy changes being implemented in L.A. law enforcement. But during the anti-ICE protests, he said, law enforcement has begun 'reverting back to their old ways.' 'I saw a brother who showed me his scar that he'd received from from a projectile, a rubber bullet. The first thing they did was they started gassing folks,' Jn-Marie said. Law enforcement's response to the protests erodes the public trust, he said, and the Trump administration's use of the National Guard has roiled many in the region. 'How can you be protecting us when you've got guns and and they're pointed at us?' he asked. Mendoza only recently started eating solid foods again, although he still finds it painful. Even as his physical condition improves, Mendoza said, he expects the mental impact of the incident will be long-lasting. 'I'm already looking into therapy as well,' he said. 'When I'm in crowds, now is a little bit different. When I see officers, it's a little bit different. Even to a security guard, it's a little bit different.'
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Boston Globe
After 13 months homeless, a R.I. writer finds ‘sanctuary' thanks to 3,300 strangers
Lily — who'd once been starving and mangy, tied to a fence in Texas — seemed to believe him, he said. 'And when we got here — she's loving it," Fealey said on a recent morning as Lily rested on a couch in a townhouse in southern Rhode Island where they now live with Fealey's girlfriend, Lane McDonald. Advertisement Fealey now has a place to call home thanks to Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State. Enter Email Sign Up In the 9,000-word piece, Fealey, 57, a University of Rhode Island graduate and former journalist, described how police rapped on his car window late at night, how security guards ordered him to leave store parking lots, how he feared for his life when a stranger came up behind him in a vacant lot at 3 a.m. The article grabbed the attention of a Narragansett family, who took it upon themselves to track down Fealey, find him shelter, and set up a GoFundMe page. 'My kids love Rhode Island, and they said, 'Oh, my God, Mom, this could be any of us,'' Janice Mathews Advertisement As of Thursday night, 'We are happy that he has a roof over his head and that his life is better,' Mathews said this week. Fealey said, 'It just shows you how many good-hearted people there are out there. It's very heartening and just positive because in these times — with the things that are going on and we're living in a totalitarian democracy — that there's people out there who give a s--t." The Esquire article came out at a time when when 653,104 people were experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to the The number of homeless people in Rhode Island had risen to 2,442 people ― according to a Fealey said the response to his article reflects a widespread concern about the housing crisis. 'Everyone's being affected by it, except a certain higher realm,' he said. 'People know that they're not living as well as they once did, or as they expected. And there's whole generations that are not going to get houses, the way things are going.' Fealey and McDonald moved into the townhouse, which they began renting in May. On a recent morning, a bouquet of sunflowers burst from a vase, and container of sea glass rested on the kitchen table. McDonald said Fealey wakes up early and writes, she paints and works from home, and Lily enjoys walking on nearby trails and beaches. Advertisement McDonald, who'd been struggling to afford rent in Narragansett and living with her parents, said that if a fortune teller had looked into a crystal ball a year ago — showing them living 'in this beautiful place,' no longer worried about whether Fealey is safe — she wouldn't have believed it. 'It's still unbelievable,' she said. 'It's a dream. It's coming out of a nightmare, and it's a dream.' Lane McDonald, left, and Patrick Fealey take Lily for a walk near their home. David L Ryan/ Globe Staff Fealey said he finally feels at peace. 'When I was homeless, I was on high alert all the time,' he said. 'I now feel safe and more at ease, calmer. I think most people feel good when they come home from whatever they are doing. Home is, or should be, a sanctuary. I have that now and am so grateful.' But Fealey is concerned about his health. After contracting Lyme disease, he underwent tests and was told he was close to kidney failure. He attributed that to psychiatric medications he has been taking for years and the stress of being homeless. Fealey has said he was stricken at age 29 with what he describes as 'a violent and disabling onset of manic depression.' For the next 26 years, he got by on a mix of eight medications, traveling the country while banging out literary fiction on a 1939 Smith Corona Clipper typewriter. Fealey said he relied on Medicaid for those psychiatric medications. 'That was my lifeline,' he said. 'I have medications I need, or I will basically kill myself. They are keeping me alive.' Now, Fealey said he is worried that millions will lose Medicaid since Advertisement " That's gonna be more really sick people in the street," Fealey said. 'What's happening in America?' Patrick Fealey is now living in a townhouse in Rhode Island. David L Ryan/ Globe Staff When he was living in his car, Fealey wrote the Esquire article while using the back of his Paul Reed Smith acoustic guitar as a desk. Now, he has a desk in a sun-filled room. Fealey said he has written a nonfiction book about his experience of being homeless, and over the years he has written 14 novels. He said talked to one agent but it wasn't the right fit. So he is now looking for an agent. He said he needs to sell his books so he doesn't end up homeless again. Meanwhile, a play is being written about Fealey's experience. O'Brien, who lives in Los Angeles, said the Advertisement 'Like so many, I was deeply moved by Patrick's essay in Esquire,' O'Brien said. He said he felt 'lots of points of connection' with Fealey's story, and having the essay about his brother in the same issue 'seemed like serendipity or kismet.' O'Brien said he 'kind of staggered' by the quality of Fealey's writing. 'His essay makes personal and human a subject that is too often ignored,' he said, 'and I've always felt compelled to write plays about taboo subjects — problems a culture would rather deny or vilify than reckon with." With housing costs skyrocketing and more people becoming homeless, the situation seems unsustainable, O'Brien said. 'It will be a political play — not at the expense of telling a human story — but it will impart a lot of reality and instigate a desire to change things," he said. O'Brien said there's talk of how empathy is in short supply these days. But, he said, 'His story kind of forced us, or me at least, to feel empathy rather than being overwhelmed or having my eyes glaze over with statistics. That could be me or someone I know and love.' Edward Fitzpatrick can be reached at
