Worcester Indivisible's response to the 2-18-2026 NEPBA statement:
The recent NEPBA Local 911 statement is not simply disappointing. It reflects a troubling effort to frame legitimate community concerns about policing, accountability, and public trust as hostility toward law enforcement.
Chicago teen who called for father's release from ICE detention dies of rare cancer
Ofelia Torres posted a video on Instagram shortly after her father's arrest to raise awareness about others in similar situations. He was released about two weeks later.
Couple things stick in my mind. Just before they called ppl back in to hear the verdict, a court officer came out and gave the cops on the other side of the hall a big thumbs up. Then Gagne came out and did the same. Then they tried to let just the cops in, past the public, but got called on it
12.02.2026 02:23 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
My family and I are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and love we’ve received throughout this process. It was important that I publicly challenged systems of power that sustain each-other and hold police behavior to a different standard. Prosecuting mothers for protecting mothers isn’t justice. Nine months ago, federal agents kidnapped a member of our community, a mother and my constituent. They separated a family and inflicted irreparable harm. My heart breaks at the brutality being unleashed on our neighbors and many others held captive in detention camps. On May 8, we did what ordinary people are doing across the country: we stood between masked armed federal agents and a mother. The murders of Keith Porter Jr, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, the killings and kidnappings of Black and brown immigrant neighbors, remind us who the real aggressors are. Worcester’s leaders chose to vilify us, a community that responded with love. They remained silent and demanded no accountability when our police department violently arrested a traumatized 17-year-old. They enabled the Police Union’s bullying and blamed the community for the Worcester Police Department’s lack of preparation to de-escalate a situation that posed danger to unarmed civilians. To date, there has been no public response on how the Worcester Police Department could have responded differently. At every juncture, the justice system tried to shame me into admitting something I did not do. The Clerk Magistrate argued that my behavior as an elected official should be held to a higher standard, while overlooking the conduct of the Worcester Police. My standard is protecting my constituents and Worcester Police should be held to the same constitutional standard as everyone. The special prosecutor asked that I repent by issuing a direct apology, in exchange for dropping the charges with probation. I chose the truth. I have dedicated my life to building community and defending people’s rights. …
11.02.2026 22:02 — 👍 83 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 11Thank you for liveposting it, I couldn't be there in person but was happy I could still follow along.
11.02.2026 20:52 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Judge Hillman says he's considered the letters of support, Haxhiaj's lack of criminal record, and the recommendations.
He sentences Haxhiaj to six months probation, 40 hours community service.
Rediculous....
11.02.2026 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Def not, I just wanted to point out even the little things he was getting wrong.
11.02.2026 18:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Except they're not and they don't, they have to ticket them first and wait something like 24hr, I had a friend who was literally told this when her driveway was blocked by a neighbor who had been documented as harassing her for years.
11.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Except they're not and they don't, they have to ticket them first and wait something like 24hr, I had a friend who was literally told this when her driveway was blocked by a neighbor who had been documented as harassing her for years.
11.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Y'all...I can't even
11.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ah, yea it should have the count in that spot, I don't like how clicking it on desktop scrolls you up a lot higher than where you were an you have to re-find it
11.02.2026 14:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I will be taking the stand this morning. Our community was and always will be on the right side of history and on the right side of love.
Thank you to everyone who packed the court yesterday.
I'm at #Worcester District Court for the second day of @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social's trial. Haxhiaj says she will be taking the stand in her own defense today.
11.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 67 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 5
Join us tomorrow! Wear black in solidarity!
worcindivis.short.gy/feb10-support
It's a really long thread, not sure what other than that is breaking cause it works okay for me
10.02.2026 21:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Want to know how Etel's case is going, this is a great live posting! Thank you @andrewqmr.bsky.social
#dropthecharges #standwithetel
Call it whatever.
“I support them...What I don’t support is what ICE is right now in its current iteration. It is not fulfilling the mission it was set to fulfill.”
“What needs to happen is that ICE needs to be pulled back right now and needs to be fixed. Call it reform. Call it whatever.”
Dozens of Worcester Police Department officers responded to the call. They yanked organizers off of the van after ICE agents stuffed the mother inside. As the SUV drove away to a destination unknown, her daughter ran after it. WPD officers tackled the daughter to the ground and handcuffed her. Their knees on her back, she lay on the pavement crying. Police pressed charges against the daughter — reckless child endangerment among others — then dropped them a few days later. Her mother would spend the next six months in ICE custody, shuffled between federal prisons in Rhode Island and New Hampshire before a judge approved the open asylum claim she’d had pending review. She is still in the country. During her detainment, two of her daughters went missing for separate stretches. One turned up in Brazil and the other — the one the police tackled and criminally charged — was put in the foster care system.
As @billshaner.bsky.social notes in his reporting, ICE and #Worcester PD's actions separated a family that was in the country legally.
And yet DA David Sullivan is bringing charges against community members who tried to stop the abduction instead of the people responsible for it.
At #Worcester District Court for the trial of @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social. Huge crowd here.
10.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 120 🔁 55 💬 2 📌 7@maddow.bsky.social we are heading to trial to fight these charges, 9 months later.
07.02.2026 04:10 — 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
This Tuesday, Feb 10, Etel Haxhiaj & Ashley Spring will be in court in Worcester. We’re showing up to support them.
Shifts run throughout the day so people can come for part of the time and still help keep the courtroom filled.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth →© @SecWar X.com On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was operating in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics. There were three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike—which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike. These cartels are the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, using violence, murder and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security and poison our people. The United States military will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are-they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda. UNCLASSIFIED 11:18 AM • 10/19/25 • 405K Views
🚨🚨🚨Hegseth has now struck a boat belonging to the ELN guerrillas — bringing the US into a shooting war with group that has been fighting the Colombian govt since 1964! Meanwhile, Tump cut off aid to Colombia claiming President Petro was in league with traffickers.🙄
This is insanely dangerous!!!🚨🚨🚨
Need a little happy?
There's bears in view of this National Park Service Webcam right now!
youtube.com/live/73-Eekd...
Leaving the race are Charles E. Luster and Bernard P. landoli.
Moving forward in vote count order:
Joseph M. Petty
Kate Toomey
Morris A. Bergman
Gary Rosen
Khrystian E. King
Jermoh Kamara
Donna M. Colorio
Satya B. Mitra
Cayden Davis
Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh
Jessica R. Pepple
Edson Montero
Yea I don't think I've ever seen it that low in 9-2....even for the preliminary.
02.09.2025 22:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
GO VOTE TODAY WORCESTER!
I was ONLY voter #220 @ 6:10pm in 9-2. One of the highest turnout precincts in the city...
In School Committee District E? Vote against Roy (a J6er who still supports trump)!
Everyone else, we have the at-large race going from 14 to 12 candidates.
