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...first substantive public statement since the incident, Sgt. Harry A. Byrne Jr. admitted that he struck Garett D. Trombly ’03 in a Brighton station house after Trombly??€™s arrest in the early morning of Sept. 9, 2001. But Byrne, a 23-year BPD veteran, said that he had acted reflexively out of fear for his life when he saw Trombly reach for a black object in his pocket—which he said turned out to be a cell phone. Byrne said that at the time, his mind was filled with memories...
After a series of altercations with Byrne near Boston College in the fall of 2001, Trombly??€”then a junior economics concentrator—was arrested for a number of charges including assault and battery on a police officer. Byrne said again yesterday that Trombly spit on his uniform and swatted at his hand when he came to break up a noisy party on Commonwealth Avenue for the second night...
Echoing the account of Trombly and several prosecution witnesses, Byrne acknowledged that he replied with a string of profanity strewn insults, but adamantly maintained that he drew the line at insulting Trombly??€™s mother, as the prosecution claimed...
According to Byrne, he had reacted in a frantic split-second when Trombly??€”in the process of being unhandcuffed—used a free hand to grab for something in his deep pocket. Byrne said that at the time, he thought the student could have been pulling a knife...
...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...