On Thursday, a judge will begin a two-day hearing on whether the city has forfeited its right to a trial and should be ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to Terrence Coleman’s mother.
On Anniversary Of George Floydâs Death, Families Of Men Killed By Boston Police Demand Cases Be Reopened
Hope Coleman, 65, the mother of Terrence Coleman, and Carla Sheffield, 56, the mother of Burrell Ramsey-White, at a rally at Franklin Park in Roxbury, Tuesday. May 25, 2021
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The families of five young men who died following altercations with Boston Police â Usaama Rahim, Terrence Coleman, Burrell Ramsey-White, Ross Batista and Juston Root â gathered at Franklin Park in Roxbury Tuesday to demand that the deaths be investigated, and that the cases be reopened.
At a rally organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Ramsey-Whiteâs mother, Carla Sheffield, asked a crowd of around 100 people to help reopen the case involving her son, who was shot and killed by Boston Police following a traffic stop in 2012.