A city ablaze 40 years before George Floyd
The city was ablaze. A stabbing incident in a troubled part of Holyoke led to an immediate police response. They descended upon The Flats, trawling block after block in squad cars. One patrol stopped and roughed up a suspect in a public show of aggression. The cops called it reasonable restraint. Neighbors called it a beating. The city erupted. The […]
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