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Bell is a Jamaican-born critic and media and politics researcher. Lauren LeBlanc is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. Wadzanai Mhute is a former books editor at Oprah Daily whose work has appeared in The New York Times, People Magazine, and The Washington Post, among others. Daneet Steffens is a books-focused journalist and critic. You can find her online @daneetsteffens. Kate Tuttle edits the Globe's books section. Freelance writer Chris Vognar was the 2009 Nieman Arts and Culture Fellow at Harvard University. The Boston Globe may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. © 2025 Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC Advertisement Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Advertisement
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15-05-2025
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Which team had the best 2025 NFL schedule release video? Here's the playlist of all 32
An overall view of the NFL shield logo at midfield on the Camping World Stadium flag football field. Losing any game on the 2025 NFL schedule is tough sledding for a team. Losing the social media game during the 2025 NFL schedule release? You're basically starting the season with the practice squad quarterback and the Lions' game plan from 2008. Advertisement The digital age has changed so much, and few areas have benefited from the social-savvy transformation more than the NFL's release of the highly anticipated schedule for all 32 teams. What used to be some simple graphics in the b.g. and perhaps a classy font—Helvetica, etc.—has shifted toward a masterclass of production value and enough creative risk-taking to make a film festival blush with envy. Which NFL team pulled off the best release video this year? We'll let you decide — Lights, camera, action… Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Commanders This article originally appeared on The List Wire: Each NFL team's 2025 schedule release video
USA Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Which team had the best 2025 NFL schedule release video? Here's the playlist of all 32
Which team had the best 2025 NFL schedule release video? Here's the playlist of all 32 Losing any game on the 2025 NFL schedule is tough sledding for a team. Losing the social media game during the 2025 NFL schedule release? You're basically starting the season with the practice squad quarterback and the Lions' game plan from 2008. The digital age has changed so much, and few areas have benefited from the social-savvy transformation more than the NFL's release of the highly anticipated schedule for all 32 teams. What used to be some simple graphics in the b.g. and perhaps a classy font—Helvetica, etc.—has shifted toward a masterclass of production value and enough creative risk-taking to make a film festival blush with envy. Which NFL team pulled off the best release video this year? We'll let you decide — Lights, camera, action… Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Commanders
Boston Globe
12-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
As Trump targets Harvard, Greater Boston's economy is in the crosshairs
Harvard is the point of origin for hundreds of successful companies, a magnet for ambitious people, and a crucial piece of the innovation economy that has powered Massachusetts' growth in recent decades. Now much of that ecosystem feels at risk. As the Trump administration pressures Harvard to rework everything from admissions to academics, Related : Advertisement 'We're all just holding our breath figuring out where the impact is coming,' said Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association. 'We will be hit, but how much? How deep?' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The answer could be dire: Harvard employs 18,000 people and staffs 14 hospitals with medical students. It is among the Related : Advertisement Even some Harvard supporters question whether a single university should be so wealthy, or so essential to the institutions that make Boston Boston. But talk to entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, real estate experts, and residents, and nearly all agree Harvard is a boon for Massachusetts. Its influence flows from the school's red brick buildings to almost every industry in the state, and anchors a higher education sector that accounts for @font-face { font-family: BentonSansCond-Regular; src: url(" format('woff2'), url(" format('woff'); font-weight: 600; font-style: normal; } @font-face { font-family: BentonSansCond-Bold; src: url(" format('woff2'), url(" format('woff'); font-weight: 600; font-style: normal; } .dnddicesarea__container{ display: block; max-width: 750px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background-color: #fff; } .cvsillotitle { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Bold", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.28; text-align: center; color: #000; padding: 0; margin-top: 25px; } .cvsillotextblurb { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Regular", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.28; text-align: center; color: #000; padding: 10px 10px 10px 0; letter-spacing: .5px; } .cvsillotextblurb span { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Bold", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.28; text-align: center; color: #000; padding: 0 0 10px 0; letter-spacing: .5px; } /* Dek styles */ .cvsillo-well__dek { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Bold", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 200; text-align: center; color: #000; padding-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; line-height: 1.2; } .cvsillo-well__dekblurb { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Regular", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; color: #000; margin-bottom: 10px; letter-spacing: .5px; padding: 0 0 0px 0; } /* Link box styles */ .cvsillolinks { font-family: "BentonSansCond-Regular", "Impact", "Arial Narrow", "Helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 2; letter-spacing: .8px; background-color: #fff; color: #333; cursor: pointer; padding: 5px; border: none; text-align: left; transition: 0.4s; margin: 0px 0; width: 100%; } .abovecredline { width: 100%; display: block; border-bottom: 0px solid rgba(000, 000, 000,1); height: 1px; background: #56849b; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 4px; text-align: center; } /* Flex layout for responsive card grid */ .cvsillo-well__top-links { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; margin-top: 0px; } /* Default: 2 per row (fallback for smallest viewports) */ .cvsillo-well__related-container { flex: 1 1 calc(50% - 10px); max-width: calc(50% - 10px); } /* Medium screens: 3 per row */ @media (min-width: 600px) { .cvsillo-well__related-container { flex: 1 1 calc(20.333% - 10px); max-width: calc(33.333% - 10px); } } .cvsillo-well__related-container { position: relative; } /* Show vertical divider between 2-per-row items, EXCEPT the last item */ .cvsillo-well__related-container:not(:nth-child(4n)):not(:last-child)::after { content: ""; position: absolute; top: 10%; right: -10px; width: 1px; height: 80%; background-color: #ccc; } /* Remove all dividers on desktop (4-per-row or more) */ @media (min-width: 1000px) { .cvsillo-well__related-container::after { content: none; } } Harvard and the Mass. economy, by the numbers The university is a major employer and landowner on both sides of the Charles River, who spends billions at state businesses to maintain its operations. $1.45 billion The amount spend by Harvard at Massachusetts businesses annually 18,718 The number of Massachusetts residents directly employed by Harvard 6,793 The number of international students at Harvard and its extension school in fall 2024 51,500 Estimate of Harvard alumni that live in Massachusetts At least 160 The number of startups launched around Harvard research since 2013 Around 500 The number of buildings Harvard owns on both sides of the Charles River 1,350 The number of new housing units in Allston-Brighton that came out of Harvard partnerships SOURCE: Harvard 2023 Facts & Impacts Report and data from its Office of Institutional Research; RYAN HUDDLE/GLOBE STAFF All considered, a weaker Harvard would mean a weaker Massachusetts with less cutting-edge research, fewer tourists, and consequences for the street-level businesses that rely on the bustle of a college town. Kneecapping the 'What kind of a city and area are we going to leave to the next generation, 10, 20, 30 years from now?' she asked. 'Having to think about our survival is jarring.' Michael Schrader cannot tell the story of Vaxess, the Woburn life science company he cofounded, without Harvard University. Neither Schrader nor his three partners would've moved to Boston if not for Harvard. They learned of the technology that powers Vaxess in a 'Commercializing Science' course at Harvard Business School. Kate Skrada, a senior research associate in immunology at Vaxess, a Cambridge biotech startup, is pictured in 2022. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff The financial showdown between the White House and Harvard now poses a threat to every step of that journey, from the original science to the eventual spinoff, which develops needle- and refrigeration-free patches for vaccines and other medical therapies. Advertisement A federal funding freeze could force Harvard to pull back resources for aspiring entrepreneurs like Schrader. Related : Harvard and its peer institutions have already initiated layoffs, closed labs, and reduced graduate admissions to steel themselves against financial challenges. 'The whole Vaxess journey was seeded at Harvard,' Schrader said. 'It took seven years of living out of its i-Lab and Life Lab, surviving off of grants, competition winnings, and early stage funding to find our footing. Without it, more companies will not survive through that period of iterating and evolving.' Related : Indeed, colleges and companies have long been intertwined here. Universities played a key role in Massachusetts' transformation from post-industrial backwater to one of the most prosperous places in the US. MIT partnered with the Pentagon to open the Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington in the 1950s, helping turn Route 128 into 'America's Technology Highway.' Young people poured out of college campuses into white-collar jobs, aiding Greater Boston's shift from manufacturing to a managerial economy that leads the way in robotics, software, and biotechnology. A researcher at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. MIT Lincoln Laboratory 'It's because of all of these institutions — Harvard is just the 800-pound gorilla we all see — that that change happened,' said Bob Allison, a Boston historian who teaches at Suffolk University and the Harvard Extension School. Advertisement An explosion of graduate students in the past 30 years at Harvard and elsewhere helped draw blue-chip companies and lucrative jobs. Kendall Square emerged as a global hub for life sciences, sparking a wave of new construction that continues to this day. Biotech companies, such as Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Gingko Bioworks, planted themselves in shiny Seaport towers. And in 2018, a defunct envelope factory near Union Square in Somerville Related : Today, Harvard alone spends over $500 million annually buying research materials and equipment from local suppliers. Many of those biotech firms are already seeing a softening in sales amid tariffs, the pullback in federal funding, and A spokesperson for Qiagen, a German research supplier to Harvard, Tufts, and University of Massachusetts, said its customers have already become more cautious on spending. Shares for Waltham-based Thermo Fisher have dropped Salvatore Russello, chief executive of New England Biolabs, said the Ipswich company can stave off pain in the short-term, but needs the steady flow of colleges and industrial clients to operate as usual. Related : 'Massachusetts is the center of the biotechnology universe, and our economy depends on it,' he said. 'We depend on it.' Also at risk now is the brainpower from abroad that keeps the state on its pedestal. Advertisement Pedestrians walk along Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff MassChallenge chief executive Cait Brumme said half of the firms in the accelerator's new program were founded outside the country, though a drop-off in foreign talent is all but certain now. At the Harvard Pagliuca Life Lab in Allston, 70 percent of companies are run by international founders. 'The state is doing a lot to make the case that we are leading the pack nationally,' Brumme said. 'But if our research institutions don't feel cutting-edge with the nation backing you, we know that the Ultimately, fewer startups will mean fewer full-grown companies. Harvard's Office of Technology Development has licensed more than 90 startups in just the past five years, and nearly all the venture capital funding for Massachusetts biotechnology companies in 2023 went to companies with Harvard alumni in their executive suites or boardrooms. Harvard and MIT dependably create a disproportionate share of returns for venture capital firms, said Rob Biederman, managing partner at Boston's based Asymmetric Capital. Jeff Bussgang, general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, put it bluntly. 'Any company you can name,' he said, 'I can tell you the roots to Harvard.' After the 2008 recession, the stability of academic institutions — Harvard included — propped up home values in Greater Boston and spared the region from the worst of the housing crash. But since January, the tumult on campus is filtering into the housing market, especially short-term rentals to visiting scholars, whose appointments may be hampered by visa troubles and impending cuts. Advertisement 'It's a ghost town,' said Dino Confalone, chair-elect of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. 'The Airbnb community is going to get decimated over the next few months.' If colleges pull back from their real investments, it could worsen a market already struggling with soaring housing costs and slumping demand for commercial space. Related : Look at Allston-Brighton, where Harvard has erected gargantuan new academic buildings on Western Avenue, renovated parks, and built 1,300 new homes — roughly 25 percent of which are set aside at affordable prices. Its quarter-century-long expansion into Allston has sparked concerns of faux progress and gentrification. Yet nearly a quarter of Harvard's commercial property in the neighborhood remains empty, according to The Enterprise Reasearch Campus at 100 Western Avenue in Allston. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff But for its faults, Harvard is 'a true community partner, not an adversary,' said Allston Civic Association president Tony Disidoro. Losing its support would leave the neighborhood worse off. Though construction continues on the gigantic Enterprise Research Campus, signs of hesitation are growing. In an April meeting, for example, Harvard representatives turned down a community request to boost funding for housing in Allston. MIT also plans to delay work on its vast real estate holdings in Cambridge, the Globe reported. Related : 'I don't know if they are pulling back and being conservative because they don't know what the future holds,' Disidoro said. 'But that's certainly what it seems like.' That could translate into fewer success stories like Esther Ravitz, who credits Harvard with helping her become a homeowner. A kindergarten teacher at The Shaloh School in Brighton, Ravitz had tired of spending the bulk of her earnings on rent. But buying in the neighborhood where she has lived for two decades felt out of the question. The only listing that fit her budget? A condo in a 20-unit development on Antwerp Street, built on a parcel donated by Harvard. That contribution allowed 12 of the apartments to be priced below market value; Ravitz managed to buy one, for just $250,000. 'My hands were tied, then this apartment opened,' said Ravitz, who lives in a two-bedroom with her 10-year-old daughter. 'It was like I won the lottery.' But the good luck is vanishing, as federal mandates jostle Harvard's standing on the world stage and begin to dribble out in unexpected ways. The Longfellow House, for example, a national historic site on Brattle Street that was once the headquarters of George Washington, cannot pay its $110 annual fee to the Harvard Square Business Association due to the disappearance of federal dollars. And the owner of Brattle Square Florist fears that floral orders for Harvard events — a fifth of the small business' sales — could go away. The home where George Washington slept at the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge. Globe Freelance Daniel Berger-Jones, founder of tour operator 'It's one thing when a cultural trend shifts a little bit,' he said. 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ANDREW RYAN: So we're on the fifth floor of a courthouse in Fall River. We're looking out at the Taunton River, which is pretty gray today. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: It's only been a month since we started publishing Snitch City. And already my colleague, Andrew Ryan, and I are back in court. DUGAN ARNETT: Just outside courtroom 7. It's almost 9 o'clock, here for a hearing in the Stephen Ortiz case. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: You heard about Steven Ortiz in the last episode. Back in 2017, he was arrested in an epic bust. His fiance, Carly Medeiros, was there that night too. And one of the cops who was part of the arrest was her secret lover, a new Bedford police officer, Jared Lucas. Advertisement CARLY MEDEIROS: All of a sudden when I turn my head, I see, I see Jared. I was like what is he doing here like…? [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: The bust was the result of a year-long investigation involving numerous local, state, and federal agencies. It was a massive effort. So big police gave it an official title: Operation High Stakes. And at the center of it all was Ortiz, who police said ran a sprawling heroin trafficking ring. ANDREW RYAN: Which one is Ortiz? DUGAN ARNETT: Shaved head, glasses. ANDREW RYAN: So the gentleman in the gray suit? DUGAN ARNETT: Yeah. Yeah-yeah. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: This case has gone on for nearly eight years, and I've been following it closely for several of them. DUGAN ARNETT: Conservative estimate is probably about the 20th hearing I've been to as part of this case since 2021. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: At most of these hearings, not much happens. But Carly told me that today might be different. She and Steven Ortiz have had their ups and downs, but they're together again. She's been told to stay close by, but out of court. DUGAN ARNETT: Today there's several New Bedford police officers, detectives have been subpoenaed and are expected to show up. I've also heard that Paul Oliveira, the current police chief, has also been subpoenaed and is expected to be here. So. ANDREW RYAN: So we'll see what happens. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Ortiz and his co-defendants are clustered in the hallway outside the courtroom. They're waiting for the proceeding to begin. Lawyers hustle in and out, including Ortiz's attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio. Advertisement ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: I have another hearing on another homicide right after this. ANDREW RYAN: Okay. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: So I won't be right out. ANDREW RYAN: We'll wait. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: Okay [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Scapicchio took on Ortiz's case two years ago – after he called her office over and over. She is a big deal in Boston legal circles. DUGAN ARNETT: She did not seem happy that the officers she'd subpoenaed are not here. ANDREW RYAN: Yeah, I think I heard her say that she'd subpoenaed eight officers and none of them were here yet. DUGAN ARNETT: That's right, that's right. And some, some sarcastic language was asking where they might be hiding, so. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: And now, discreetly, she's giving us a heads up. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO (off mic): You're not going to want to miss this... [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: 'You're not going to want to miss this,' she says. Scapicchio walks over to her client. He and his three co-defendants start to smile. DUGAN ARNETT: I wonder if they're going to dismiss it. ANDREW RYAN: I wonder if they're going to kill the case. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: This story, this case, is what first led me to New Bedford. And what I discovered was that Operation High Stakes wasn't the heroic feat of detective work that police hailed it as. The case was tainted from the start. You see, Carly figured out the cop, Jared Lucas used her – not just for sex, but for information. Information that made its way from the bedroom to the courtroom. And in police reports and official documents, Lucas said the intel came – not from his lover – but from a 'confidential informant.' More than two years after I broke this story, one drug trafficking case has already been tossed. Now, an even bigger case hangs in the balance and it could all lead to a reckoning for New Bedford police and the way that they use confidential informants. I'm Dugan Arnett and this is Spotlight: Snitch City. Episode 6: Case Dismissed. Advertisement << >> ANDREW RYAN: Alright, the defendants are coming into the courtroom. Still does not appear that there's any police detectives or anybody from the New Bedford Police Department that we've seen. DUGAN ARNETT: No, me either. COURT OFFICIAL: All rise. Court's in session, please be seated. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Judge Renee Dupuis walks in. COURT OFFICIAL: Good morning, this is the first call of the list for Friday, April 11th, 2025, the Honorable Renee Dupuis presiding. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: The first order of business this morning is the Ortiz case. And Scapicchio wants it thrown out. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: Judge, I would just ask that, um, the case be dismissed with prejudice. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: 'With prejudice' is important. It means the case can never be brought to court again. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: The 2017 case the Commonwealth agreeing that there was egregious police misconduct in this case. And this has been a long, winding road, as we all know. And I don't think the Commonwealth objects to a dismissal with prejudice. PATRICK DRISCOLL: I don't object to a dismissal with prejudice… [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: For eight years prosecutors have pursued this case (in court filings and in tense courtroom hearings) and they've been unwilling to fold, even as the list of problems in the case kept growing. Now, though, prosecutor Patrick Driscoll tells the judge, he's reviewed the case and the evidence… Advertisement PATRICK DRISCOLL: And after that review, uh, it is my determination that I cannot, in good faith, go forward and suggest that the government could cut out Carly Medeiros' involvement and Jared Lucas' involvement in the case and that the case would stand on its own merits without them. Rather, their involvement in the case, uh, has tainted the case, that they can't be cut out and taints the entire investigation and therefore dismissal is an appropriate remedy. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: And just like that, the prosecutor throws in the towel. PATRICK DRISCOLL: The court also found that Carly Medeiros is not a credible witness, had many reasons to lie. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: Wait a minute Judge, I'm not going to agree to any of this. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: But, even as Driscoll agrees to dismiss the case, to give in, he's still disparaging Carly. And Scapicchio isn't having it. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: This isn't what we agreed to. JUDGE RENEE DUPUIS: Okay, well. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: In terms of making credibility determinations, let's call the witnesses then. Let's just call all the witnesses. I subpoenaed eight police officers. Let's do it. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Carly has always maintained that detective Jared Lucas wasn't the only New Bedford police officer who broke the rules. She swears other cops knew about her relationship with Lucas and helped keep it a secret. Now, Scapicchio is telling the judge that she can prove at least one police officer, Kevin Barbosa, perjured himself in this very courtroom. Advertisement ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: …but we were prepared to call Carly Medeiros as a witness, we were prepared to rehabilitate her. We are prepared to show that [crosstalk] JUDGE RENEE DUPUIS: Well that would be a long road… [cross talk] ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: ...including Barbosa lied and committed perjury under oath and the Commonwealth knows it. So for them to stand here now and say she was not credible I think is just disingenuous. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Driscoll, the prosecutor, doesn't want to open that door, but he resents her suggestion that the state was aware of any perjury. PATRCK DRISCOLL: So I'm not gonna stand here and be accused of trying to cover something up when I am quoting a court decision. JUDGE RENEE DUPUIS: Okay, let's take it down a notch. You may proceed and I'll give you whatever time you need, okay? [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Scapicchio's already gotten the case tossed, but she wants more. She wants the court to hear from the eight officers that were subpoenaed. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: And I know at least officer Barbosa testified in front of you … when he said he hadn't had any contact with Carly Medeiros and we were here ready to prove that that was a lie, that he purged himself in front you and you based your decision on, on his purging testimony… [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Perjury is a crime for anyone, but it's especially bad for a police officer because it can tarnish their credibility in other cases. We reached out to the police department and to Kevin Barbosa directly for his response to Scapicchio's perjury claim. We didn't hear back. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: I just wanted to make our position clear. Carly Madeiros was ready to testify. I subpoenaed eight police officers to prove what we think was a pattern of misconduct by the police department, in this case, using drug-addicted women for their disposal… [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: But the judge isn't swayed. She's ready to move on. JUDGE RENEE DUPUIS: I do appreciate that the Commonwealth took the opportunity to evaluate this case. As we all know, I'm very familiar with it. And I think that this is an appropriate end. I'm gonna allow it. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Case dismissed. Charges dropped. After eight years, Ortiz and his co-defendants are off the hook. But there's a downside. The dismissal means there won't be a hearing. And those eight officers won't have to take the stand or face hard questions. One of those officers would have caused quite a stir: New Bedford police chief Paul Oliveira. I thought this might finally be the moment, the chance to hear from the former drug cop who allegedly misused CIs and then went on to run the department. Instead, the court – and most importantly the public – will never know the truth. The police won't have to explain themselves. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: And defense attorneys will tell you this is an example of how police and prosecutors can bury things that are uncomfortable. There's no incentive to turn over more rocks or dig deeper. Here, prosecutors had a decision to make: if they drop the case, they take a loss, but limit the fallout and stop the bleeding; if they pursue the charges, officers could perjure themselves or worse, expose wrongdoing that could cast doubt on other cases. Then, the dominos could really fall. << >> [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: The case is dismissed, but Andrew and I still have questions. ANDREW RYAN: I want to get the ADA. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: We follow prosecutor Patrick Driscoll out the door. He's hustling, walking quickly with a woman who handles press for the Bristol DA's office. ANDREW RYAN: ADA Driscoll, can we ask you a couple of things about what just happened? Why not? Are you enabling this system? JENNIFER SOWA, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: If you want to make inquiry, you can email the DA's office and someone will get back to you. ANDREW RYAN: No, we have. They haven't. We actually specifically requested an interview with... JENNIFER SOWA, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Again if you want to email the DAs office.. ANDREW RYAN: Can you tell us, are you going to do a broader inquiry? JENNIFER SOWA, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: If you want to email the DAs office someone will get back. ANDREW RYAN: You've got nothing to say? [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: We want to hear from Driscoll because it's prosecutors who could push for real accountability. They actually have some power to check the police. Prosecutors like Driscoll could be key to stopping misconduct by demanding more from cops. But in this case, they chose to punt instead. And Driscoll had zero interest in talking to us. ANDREW RYAN: Can I at least get a reaction to our reporting? JENNIFER SOWA, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: If you want to email the DAs office someone will get back. ANDREW RYAN: Any time you want to talk about this, we'd love to. We'd love to hear the DA's perspective because I think it's an important one because you guys are the most powerful actors in this whole system. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Andrew and I take the elevator back upstairs and find a quiet place to debrief. As we're sitting there my phone rings. It's Carly. DUGAN ARNETT: Hey Carly, how's it going? CARLY MEDEIROS: Hey Dugan… DUGAN ARNETT: So you heard, you heard what happened? CARLY MEDEIROS: Yeah, of course. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: We wanted to interview Carly's fiance about his new found freedom, but he slipped out of the courthouse before we could catch him. He was on his way to celebrate. DUGAN ARNETT: What's going through your head right now? What's going on through Steven's head? CARLY MEDEIROS: I'm f—ing relieved, Dugan. Like eight, eight, longer than eight years because you gotta understand this started longer than eight years ago. And I'm just, I'm so relieved and I'm so grateful, I'm grateful for you, I'm grateful for you sticking by us and believing me. And, I'm just, honestly it doesn't even feel real right now. Stuff happens, people make… I'm not proud of what happened. I'm not proud of the mistakes that I made. But you can't, you can fix it and correct it by doing the right thing and coming forward. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Carly doesn't really talk about herself as a victim. But Ortiz's lawyer, Rosemary Scappichio doesn't mince words. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: Carly Madeiros was a drug addict. In her affidavit. She said 'every single solitary time I met him, we had sex.' That's not a mutually beneficial relationship. That's a cop who, whose job was to protect and serve, taking advantage of a young drug addicted woman. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: Scarpicchio's blunt – and fierce. Especially when she suspects police wrongdoing. Her work has led to several convictions being overturned, which makes her somewhat of a local legend. ANDREW RYAN: Is there any way we could go back in the corner and try to cut the window a little bit? [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: We caught up with her outside of the courthouse. Obviously Scapicchio's pleased with what just happened. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: I mean, I think it was the appropriate thing to do. What got me angry was that the Commonwealth is taking the position that the dismissal was because Carly Medeiros was lying. And I don't think that's the reason for the dismissal at all. I think that it was because the police officers were lying, and they knew that we were gonna expose their lies. Judge Dupree made a determination that Carly was not credible. She based that on Barbosa's testimony that he had never been in touch with Carly outside of this one controlled buy and that's just not true. And we were ready, willing and able to prove that today with not only Carly's testimony but documents and putting Barbosa on the stand. And, you know, ultimately the Commonwealth said enough is enough and dismissed it so we didn't get the opportunity to do that. DUGAN ARNETT: And you would argue, I think, this case getting thrown out is a good thing because of the misconduct. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: Egregious miscontact, not just misconduct, egregious misconduct… what I think should happen? Any time that a police officer gets found to have engaged in misconduct, which should be happening with this district attorney's office, is they should be going back through every single solitary case that that cop put his hands on and determine whether or not he lied in that case too. If the informant in that was really an informant or if this was all based on his sleeping with Carly Medeiros. ANDREW RYAN: I assume that the district attorney's office is going to investigate that now, right? ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: I wouldn't assume that if my life depended on it. I think they should. Ethically, they told us they couldn't go forward on this because of the egregious misconduct, but nobody has notified me that there's a single investigation or that they need anything that we've uncovered in this case. They have a vested interest in not exposing these police officers because all of their drug cases and their gang cases depend on it. If these cops are lying, then what happens to all of the pending cases? What happens to the cases that they already testified in? Gotta ask yourself that question. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: The Commonwealth agreed in this case that it was egregious misconduct – so what are you going to do about it? I'm thrilled that they're dismissing the case. It was the right result. But here's the problem. What are you gonna do, Commonwealth of Massachusetts? What are you gonna do, the police department? What are gonna do, the Attorney General's office? What are going to do, the federal government? Who's gonna look into this? Because we don't have the power to do it. Our power was what was gonna happen today. And they quashed that by dismissing the case. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: In the last few months, we've reached out to every public official we could think of. New Bedford's police chief and mayor. Members of the city council. The Bristol County DA's Office. Even the FBI. The most we've gotten back is a short statement. And some have ignored us altogether. Scapicchio underlines the vulnerability of informants, especially women like Carly. And I've talked to others in my reporting for this series who have stories similar to Carly's. Some we weren't able to include. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: And you know, in my, I've been doing this now 35 years. You know, there is the difference between – in my mind – between a drug addicted woman and a drug-addicted man. A drug addicted woman, in my in my opinion, is much more vulnerable. They're much more inclined to sell their body to get high… and people are much more inclined to take advantage of them. The police are supposed to protect them, not just because you're claiming she was an informant that she never was, but she's a human being who lives in this community and she has a drug problem. And instead of protecting her, you were using her for sex? And this poor woman describes the relationship as, you know, he was in love with me. She believed this guy was in love with her because that's how screwed up her mind was. But when do we look at the whole picture and say,there's something really wrong here. There's something that we need to do to investigate this, to make sure that no other defendant is either charged or has been convicted based on the conduct of either the drug unit or the gang unit in this case. DUGAN ARNETT: I think I asked you this earlier, but are part of you, a little disappointed you weren't able to sort of... do your thing. ROSEMARY SCAPICCHIO: We would have kicked their ass. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: In a way, the dismissal of Ortiz's case should be a relief. The system worked like it was supposed to. Tainted evidence came to light. Prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred. And in the end, a problematic case was dismissed. But still, it's hard not to look at the case and wonder: after eight years, more than 30 hearings, and countless taxpayer dollars, what do we really have to show for it? [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: To date, not a single person has been held to account for the disaster that was the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Steven Ortiz. Not the individuals at the heart of the alleged heroin trafficking ring. Not the detective whose transgressions torpedoed the case – he's retired now, by the way, collecting a healthy pension. And certainly not the DA's office, which would rather dismiss a compromised case than confront the abuse in a system that it so deeply relies on. Meanwhile, every day, judges keep signing search warrants, cops keep kicking down doors, and prosecutors keep bringing charges. In Snitch City, the beat goes on. [HOST] DUGAN ARNETT: This episode of Spotlight: Snitch City was reported and hosted by me, Dugan Arnett. Additional reporting and producing by Andrew Ryan. This episode was produced and sound designed by Jazmin Aguilera. Executive producers are Spotlight Editor Brendan McCarthy and Kristin Nelson, the Globe's Head of Audio. Additional editing and support from Gordon Russell. Nancy Barnes is the Boston Globe's Executive Editor. Engineering by Uzair Ahmed. Episode artwork by Julian D. Paulson. Art direction by Ryan Huddle. Podcast visualization by Olivia Yarvis and Anush Elbakyan. Heather Ciras is the audience editor. Tim Rasmussen is Visuals Editor. 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