Boston, MA
Boston breaks ground on MLK and Coretta Scott King memorial to celebrate civil rights and ‘Black love’
The nonprofit King Boston on Wednesday broke floor on the Boston Widespread for an imposing new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Serving to to ceremonially begin digging into what was referred to as “hallowed floor” have been Gov. Charlie Baker, Boston Metropolis Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts U.S. Lawyer Rachael Rollins, the primary Black girl to carry that job.
The deliberate sculpture shall be a celebration of the civil rights motion in addition to the Kings’ love for one another, positioned within the metropolis the place the couple first met within the early Nineteen Fifties. At the moment, she was learning on the New England Conservatory of Music and he was a graduate scholar in Theology at Boston College. The 20 foot-high, multi-ton bronze sculpture of the Kings’ 4 intertwined arms — referred to as “The Embrace” — is impressed by a photograph of them embracing when Martin Luther King Jr. realized he had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur, the primary Haitian American to carry state workplace in the US, highlighted that the groundbreaking fell on what would have been Coretta Scott King’s ninety fifth birthday.
“That is so fantastic that we’re celebrating on the birthday of this girl, this girl who actually taught us about love,” St. Fleur stated, “love for her husband, love for her household, love for group, the form of love that we do not speak about anymore. Love that requires sacrifice … love that requires to place some work into it. … And we should proceed to push that flame ahead. And this embrace goes to remind us of that.”
“The Embrace” shall be one of many nation’s largest memorials devoted to racial fairness when set up is full in October, and the primary new memorial on Boston Widespread in over a century, in response to King Boston, the nonprofit fashioned to fund and erect the $9.5 million sculpture.
King Boston can also be forming its personal Heart for Financial Justice, which is able to analysis and consider insurance policies that deal with racial fairness in such areas as wealth, housing and public training. The middle is seeking to apply that analysis to proposals for reparations for slavery and ongoing discrimination.
“We will’t neglect about motion,” stated native philanthropist Demond Martin.
“If we merely have fun the image and do not do a greater job of feeding the hungry, offering enhanced training and financial alternatives for Black and brown individuals, then we fail. We fail on the very factor that Dr. King and Mrs. King strived for, they labored for, and Dr. King died for,” he contrinued. “We stand right here and acknowledge the unhappy and ugly previous that this very metropolis tolerated, whereas on the similar time we search for the long run that’s so brilliant, striving for a group that that has love and respect for all individuals, no matter race, no matter gender or sexual orientation.”
Rollins acknowledged the makes an attempt by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to undermine and discredit Martin Luther King Jr. within the final years of his life, below the management of J. Edgar Hoover.
“However that is about change and risk,” she stated, “and I’m so proud to be standing right here because the face of the federal authorities right now within the commonwealth of Massachusetts, honoring Black love on this stunning embrace.”
Annette Holland, 82, of Hyde Park, stated she noticed Martin Luther King Jr. converse when she was 15 years previous, rising up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She got here to the groundbreaking ceremony “to be part of historical past.”
“And I am so proud. I want they may put it up in each metropolis and city, this ’embrace,’” she stated.
Boston, MA
‘Absolutely looked real’: Text scam about unpaid parking ticket saturates Boston area codes
Boston Police are issuing an alert regarding a text message scam about an ‘unpaid parking invoice’ that’s been saturating Boston area codes since Saturday.
The fraudulent message from a Montreal area code, which uses the city’s logo, instructs people to pay $4.35 to avoid ‘late fees of 35$’.
It provides a link to a deceptive .com website that is not the boston.gov website.
At-large City Councilor Erin Murphy is among the growing list of people targeted by the scam over the weekend.
“At first glance, absolutely looked real. Could easily scam people,” said Murphy. “Almost everyone I talked to, they got it or someone in their household got it.”
Murphy said she’s heard directly from people who were tricked by the message and compromised their banking information.
“It’s scary to know that someone was able to send that many text messages out, and they were targeting Boston phone numbers,” she said.
Boston police are still trying to figure out what phone database the scammers accessed and exactly how many people received the text message scam.
“They definitely got a lot of people, and the amount, $4.35, a few people said that was the fee they paid at a parking meter,” said Murphy. “It directed them to a website that looked very similar to the city of Boston website.”
Boston 25 News spoke with a handful of people who received the fraudulent message.
Some said they too almost fell for it.
One person said they didn’t own a vehicle and knew it was a scam right away.
The message has some grammatical errors and uses a ‘$’ sign after the number 35.
Boston 25 News called the phone number it came from, and it went directly to a voice message in French.
“Don’t feel embarrassed if you did pay it,” added Murphy. “Let us know so we can help track to make sure there’s no fraud going on or no money taken.”
While city officials recently announced a significant drop in violent crime and other serious crimes, one of the crimes that remain on the rise is financial fraud.
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Army Drops Second Conference Game in Hard-Fought Contest Against Boston
The Army Black Knights (6-8, 0-2 conference) went east to try and record their first conference win of the season when facing off against a perennial Patriot League powerhouse Boston University (7-8,1-1), but they dropped their second contest in as many games, losing 71-63.
It’s been an up-and-down campaign for Army.
They have dominated some of the lesser opponents on their schedule, while also getting blown out when stepping up in class, and losing some shootouts to teams who are roughly on the same level as them.
That brought Army into their first Patriot League matchup against Colgate (4-10, 1-0) with a 6-6 record, but after dropping that contest and now losing to Boston, they now sit two games under .500.
The first half against the Terriers was a shootout.
Army got out to a hot start, taking an 8-2 lead just under three minutes after tip, but once Boston found their footing a bit, it started to turn into a back-and-forth affair.
The Black Knights were able to take control during the middle portion of the first half, getting out to a double-digit lead at the 9:37 mark. But a strong four-minute stretch to close things out saw the Terriers erase a six-point deficit and head into the locker room up, 40-35.
This was a lead Boston never relinquished.
Army tried to nudge back in front at multiple points during the second half, going on a 9-0 run to make it a three-point game with roughly 14 minutes left and fighting back to get within one point with 7:14 remaining.
But, it wasn’t enough for them to win their first conference game of the year.
Senior guard Jalen Rucker led the way for Army in the scoring department, putting up 17 points on 7-for-18 shooting from the field and 2-for-5 from deep. He was joined in double figures by fellow starters Ryan Curry and Josh Scovens, who both had 13.
Michael McNair led Boston with 17 points of his own. Miles Brewster was the only other starter for the Terriers to score double-digits, but Ben Roy and Ben Palacios added 12 and 10 off the bench respectively.
Army was dynamic from deep, shooting 42.3% (11-26), but they struggled from the floor overall in comparison by going 40.7% (24-59).
Boston was able to outlast the Black Knights by shotting 50.9% (27-53) from the field and 39.1% from 3-point range (9-23).
Army will try to secure their first Patriot League win of the season when they welcome Loyola MD (6-7, 1-1) to Christl Arena on Jan. 8 at 6 p.m. EST with the game broadcasted on ESPN+.
Boston, MA
Death investigation in Charlestown after man found shot in 7-Eleven parking lot
A man was found dead in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood late Saturday night, according to police, who say he had been shot.
Boston police announced Sunday that there is a death investigation underway at 140 Main Street after officers responded around 10:33 p.m. the night before to a report of a pedestrian struck there and found an adult male lying on the ground in the convenience store’s parking lot.
Further investigation revealed the victim had been shot, police said, and he was pronounced dead on scene by Boston EMS. His name has not been released.
Police haven’t shared more information about the incident at this time.
The Boston Police Department’s homicide unit is actively investigating what happened, and anyone with information is strongly urged to contact detectives at 617-343-4470. Anonymous tips can also be called into the CrimeStoppers tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS, or texted to CRIME (27463) with the word “TIP.”
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