Description: Ray Flynn, Michael Dukakis, Cardinal Bernard Law, other clergy and politicians address Eliot Church audience on rampant violence in Boston. They pledge to improve crime situation. Ambulance, guns, night scene with police.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/11/1990
Description: Sen. Bill Owens comments on dangerous traffic on Blue Hill Avenue. Problems: road used as drag strip, accidents involving stolen cars and drivers leaving scene, speeding, sideswiping, children in harm's way. Wants appropriate criminal category defined between manslaughter and vehicular homicide. Storefronts, youth crossing street. Minister Don Straughter (aka Muhammad) talks about Muslim mission in the community: teaching respect, eschewing alcohol, cleaning up empty lots.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/30/1982
Description: Boston Bar Association pleads for better court system to handle crime, rather than more police.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1990
Description: COMMUNITY SAFETY, GUNS AND CRIME IN DORCHESTER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/24/1986
Description: Cigarette bootlegging. "Shots on this tape were taken at Garber Brothers wholesalers in Stoughton (MA). Shown are shots of conveyor belt on which cigarette packs are being stamped with the state tax seal."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/19/1980
Description: Boston City Councillors want to hold public hearing on crime in the neighborhoods. James Kelly, Charles Yancey, Bruce Bolling, Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/21/1990
Description: Compilation of clips attesting to prevalence of violent crime on Boston streets. Ray Flynn calls for economic justice and opportunity. Funeral of murder victim.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/26/1991
Description: Interview with (?) Hennessy at the Federal Courthouse in Boston, MA re: crime, mandatory sentencing, prison levels, etc.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/15/1981
Description: Roxbury and Dorchester students address Boston City Council on crime - personal perspectives.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/19/1987
Description: Passengers at Egleston Square T station say security is an important issue in light of recent spate of assaults and muggings by teenage gangs. MBTA will put police decoys on the trains to deter crime. Four-car Orange Line train pulls up to platform. Camera rides on train, looks down row of passengers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/06/1980