A former head of Boston's police union facing a total of 33 charges in connection with the rape and abuse of six children over various periods of time beginning.
A former head of Boston's police union facing a total of 33 charges in connection with the rape and abuse of six children over various periods of time beginning.
Dennis White and Bostonâs blue wall of silence are at the center of a crisis that could have been avoided
By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist,Updated May 14, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
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What a disaster.
Nobody looks good in the report by an independent investigator into Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, placed on leave in February â right after he was appointed â because of 1999 domestic abuse allegations uncovered by the Globe.
Not White, thatâs for sure. Not former mayor Marty Walsh, who made White commissioner without checking him out. And certainly not the obstructionist Boston Police Department that White was hastily chosen to lead after his friend William Gross abruptly stepped down after a health scare.
11 disturbing revelations in the investigative report on suspended BPD commissioner Dennis White
By Stephanie Ebbert and Sahar Fatima Globe Staff,Updated May 14, 2021, 5:57 p.m.
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Dennis White was sworn in by Mayor Marty Walsh (not pictured) as the 43rd Commissioner of the Boston Police Department during a ceremony in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall. White is pictured after the ceremony was concluded.Jim Davis/Globe Staff
An independent investigatorâs report on past allegations of domestic violence against Dennis White, who was named Boston Police Commissioner in February, uncovered more graphic and startling details than earlier reports. It also pointed to continued attempts by the Boston Police Department and City Hall to keep secret allegations that had been documented 22 years earlier. The investigator, attorney Tamsin R. Kaplan, was only hired to vet the police commissioner 11 days after he was sworn in â and more than a week after the Globe broke th