“Recognition and Honor Banquet” dedicated to the public safety personnel who lost their lives and/or put themselves in harm’s way during the horrific attacks of the Boston Marathon and aftermath.
Like virtually all big-city police departments, the BPD has an image problem that never seems to go away. And this year is already looking pretty ugly.
The Boston Police department in its latest routine round of awarding officers for “outstanding performance” of their duties during the past year has named among its many recipients 3 officers in particular who were involved in some of the departments most highly publicized and controversial cases, all of which include elements of race and police brutality and use of excessive and/or deadly force.
