In a significant ruling, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held today that the Springfield police dept's policy of detaining witnesses in locked police cruisers "for safety and security" in the wake of a shooting "constitutes flagrant police misconduct." As a result the witness/defendants' non-Mirandized statements were suppressed. Great work by appellate counsel. Springfield's police dept is an ongoing constitutional violation. #mapoli #AppellateMastodon Opinion: https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2023/01/18/y21P0881.pdf