Cop Kneeled On Student's Neck, Video Appears To Show: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Thursday, Nov. 18. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• Residents in north Wayland, Stow, Maynard and Bolton — and even as far as away as Framingham and Harvard — all reported a loud boom and shaking around 10 pm Wednesday, with one resident reporting a flash in the sky.
• Newton City Council candidate Jim Cote has called for Councilors Julia Malakie and Emily Norton to resign following what he is calling an "illegal smear campaign" that was brought to light days after the 2021 election.
• The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century will be visible over Massachusetts overnight from Thursday into Friday.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

A Brockton police officer has been placed on leave after video surfaced of him appearing to kneel on a student he was arresting outside of Brockton High School on Wednesday.

The video, which was recorded outside during the school's lunch break and was posted to social media, shows the officer kneeling on the student's back

In a phone message to families, Superintendent Michael P. Thomas said the officer, who has not been named, has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation launched by Brockton Police Chief Manny Gomes.

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Thursday's Other Top Stories

"Boom" rattles Wayland, western suburbs: An unconfirmed seismic event may have struck an area north of Wayland late Wednesday night, according to reports from local residents. Residents in north Wayland, Stow, Maynard and Bolton — and even as far as away as Framingham and Harvard — all reported a loud boom and shaking, with one resident reporting a flash in the sky.

Recount battle in Framingham: The two candidates who reached a deadlock after a tied election recount in Framingham have different ideas about how to solve the situation. One candidate wants a judge to review ballots, the other wants to call an entirely new election.

Get a taste: A married couple in Worcester are holding a grand opening on Friday for their new specialty wine store — the only wine-specific business in the city.

Accusations of election 'sabotage' in Newton: Ward 3 Newton City Council candidate Jim Cote has called for Councilors Julia Malakie and Emily Norton to resign following what he is calling an "illegal smear campaign" that was brought to light days after the 2021 election. The issue was first reported Nov. 3 by Newton resident Jerry Reilly, who shared information on Village 14 about several last-minute efforts that seemed like an attempt to sabotage Cote's campaign.

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Picture This: Full Blood Lunar Eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse will be visible overnight from Thursday into Friday. The full frost moon will turn red, and since the partial eclipse will last three hours, it will be the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, according to NASA. Usually, light from the sun paints the face of the moon a grayish-white. But when the eclipse peaks around 4 a.m. Eastern Time on the 19th, our planet will block 98 percent of the sun's light from reaching the moon's surface, washing it in a reddish hue.

By The Numbers

13: The number of months left in a fare-free bus experiment in Worcester. The fare-free policy was set to expire on Dec. 31, but the Worcester Regional Transit Authority board voted on Thursday to extend it for one more year.