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...union’s president recently claimed that the federal indictment of Boston Police Department (BPD) Sgt. Harry A. Byrne Jr. on civil rights charges was motivated by the status of the alleged victim, Garett D. Trombly ’03, as a white, affluent Harvard student. We disagree. Byrne was indicted because he allegedly broke Trombly’s jaw while the Harvard junior was in police custody for public drinking and other minor charges, charges that were later dropped...
...fact, the more common process gives special treatment by assigning the case to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. That office has worked in conjunction with members of the BPD over the years; Byrne, for instance, has had the opportunity to develop personal relationships with assistant district attorneys for more than two decades. When similar cases involving multiple police officers arise, it makes sense to take the case out of the state justice system and into the federal courts...
...prosecution of this case on the federal level sends a strong message that the BPD, as Commissioner Paul Evans has stated, does not tolerate the type of behavior alleged in the indictment. This message should be accompanied by a strong commitment to take future civil rights cases involving police officers out of the District Attorney’s Office when appropriate and instead prosecute them in the federal system. This will ensure that all victims, regardless of their race or socioeconomic background, are given equal justice in the federal courts...
...BPD is withholding the names of the four officers Byrne allegedly attempted to persuade not to report the alleged incident to authorities...
...BPD is withholding the names of the four officers Byrne allegedly attempted to persuade not to report the alleged incident to authorities...