Commissioner White appeals ruling that would let Mayor Janey fire him Share Updated: 3:38 PM EDT May 26, 2021
Commissioner White appeals ruling that would let Mayor Janey fire him Share Updated: 3:38 PM EDT May 26, 2021
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GET OUR POLITICS NEWSLETTER Share Updated: 3:38 PM EDT May 26, 2021 Another legal maneuver is blocking Boston Mayor Kim Janey from moving forward with the process required to fire the city s embattled police commissioner.The same Superior Court Judge who ruled against Commissioner Dennis White on Tuesday granted him a stay on Wednesday while White pursues an appeal. Judge Heidi Brieger denied White s request for an injunction and in her order agreed that Janey has the statutory and constitutional authority to remove White from his job for cause, so long as she gives him an opportunity to be heard, that is, an opportunity to refute her stated reasons for removing him. White s legal team said it is petitioning
Sean Ellis is no longer a convicted felon.
Ellis spent more than 20 years in prison for the 1993 killing of Boston police detective John Mulligan. That conviction was overturned in 2015 after the detectives who investigated the crime were accused of their own illegal activities. Prosecutors declined to try Ellis a fourth time.
Despite this reversal, Ellis still had a single gun possession conviction. A Suffolk Superior Court judge on Tuesday declared justice was not done in that case, either, and ordered a new trial.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins had taken the unusual step of endorsing Ellis motion for a new trial so her office could drop the gun charge, filing what s called a nolle prosequi. In a court filing, Rollins said the case was “tainted by significant and egregious police corruption and prosecutorial misconduct.”
Shirley Brown, the daughter of Delois Brown, said she was outside when her mother was shot, and at least seven children were surrounding the elderly woman at the time. My mind is blank right now, Shirley Brown said. It just don’t seem real that she’s gone.
“It just shouldn’t have happened at all. If you came to hit your target, you should have hit your target, but you missed your target and hit my mother. A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting outside on her porch in Dorchester Saturday evening, according to Boston police. Mike Manzoni has the latest details on the investigation.
There were other people near her when she was shot, according to Long.
Police haven’t yet made any arrests. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said those responsible for Saturday evening s shooting will be held accountable.
“We are going to be prosecuting people that have guns, said Rollins. You will be sent away, and there will be no recourse for you.” A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting outside on her porch in Dorchester Saturday evening, according to Boston police. Mike Manzoni has the latest details on the investigation.
#BREAKING: A grandmother in her 70s was shot and killed while sitting on her front porch tonight, according to @bostonpolice. #NBC10Boston#NECNhttps://t.co/usMYy5M9SA Mike Manzoni NBC10 Boston (@MikeNBCBoston) April 11, 2021