Week In Review: Police Sweep Of South End, RMV Scandal, Healing From Mass Shootings

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Jamie Bologna
Tiziana Dearing

August 09, 2019

A woman places a ribbon on a flower arrangement, at the funeral of elementary school principal Elsa Mendoza, of one of the 22 people killed in a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Aug. 8. (Christian Chavez/AP)

This week, we discuss a police operation in the South End "sweeping away" people dealing with substance use disorders and homelessness.

Also, we discuss the aftermath of this week's mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, where at least 31 people were killed.

Plus, we check in on the ongoing scandal at the RMV, after Attorney General Maura Healey said the Baker administration should bear responsibility. And, a new study from Mass DOT that finds traffic in Mass. is at a tipping point.

Guests

Shira Center, politics editor at The Boston Globe. She tweets @shiracenter.

Michael Jonas, executive editor of CommonWealth Magazine. He tweets @bostonjonas.

This segment aired on August 9, 2019.