This was a triumph of organizing. Over two City Council hearings, almost 60 people spoke up against ShotSpotter.
Their testimonies capped off years of tireless advocacy from a broad coalition including The Black Response, Digital Fourth, SURJ Boston, Cambridge for Palestine, and Cambridge DSA.
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Cambridge vote calls for ShotSpotter gunfire detection to be turned off and dismantled within 90 days
Supporters of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection technology made emotional pleas Monday and tried a variety of ploys to save its use for Cambridge police, but city councillors voted for the city manager to turn off the system and remove its microphones within 90 days. With a community debrief...
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