Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said new leadership at the city’s police department and efforts to clear names that were no longer relevant from its gang database caused her to change her earlier view, and support funding for BPD’s investigative arm.
At least five people were injured when shots rang out Sunday night in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, including a child who suffered life-threatening.
Boston police officers who responded to the recent melees downtown, in the North End, and at South Bay Center were able to bring the situations under control without the use of harmful or deadly weapons.
Police Commissioner Michael Cox praised the officers for their “restraint” and “professional behavior” in the face of several attacks, but criminal justice analysts and community leaders said the incidents also show the balancing act officers must strike.