"The conversation described in [former FBI Director Comey’s] notes raises new questions about whether Trump may have crossed any legal lines into criminal behavior by pressuring the FBI to end an investigation."
Investigating officers concluded that the “verbal altercation...allegedly involving racist comments between two high school students...did not rise to a physical level.”
“It is important that we, as adults, support young people who are willing and have the courage to stand up against injustice.” Dennis Powell, president, NAACP Berkshire County branch
“We’re going to talk about what the school has experienced, and about how to address our own shortcomings and remain committed to one another."
-- Monument Principal Marianne Young
“All across America, there is a hole in health care for these kids who have emotional and behavioral disabilities. This school is a model of how they can and should be cared for.”
-- Mufa, parent of student at the Eagleton School
Eagleton School is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) and Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). In early January, Great Barrington police began an investigation into allegations of physical and emotional abuse of students.
“It’s easy to sit back and look at a disaster and say, take the guns away. We do have strict gun laws and we still have a problem.”
-- State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox
Town police had brought in machine guns from Hartford and kept them in the Town Hall basement, just in case violence erupted. Ted Hitchcock said an FBI agent hid in his attic — his house was encircled by the U-shaped park — with binoculars trained on the proceedings.
