Daily brief · Porter Square, Cambridge, MA
Groups demand answers in fatal police shooting
August 27, 2026
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Advocacy groups seek accountability after fatal police shooting
The Black Response and Cambridge Democratic Socialists of America issued a joint statement calling for a system that preserves life, days after Cambridge police fatally shot William Woodworth, 64, of Watertown in a parking lot off Temple Street in Central Square on Aug.
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