by Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press Posted May 20, 2021 2:02 pm ADT Last Updated May 20, 2021 at 2:09 pm ADT BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was aware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city’s now embattled top cop before picking him to lead the department, the police commissioner’s predecessor told a court this week. The statement came in a case brought by Dennis White, who is urging a court to block the city from firing him as police commissioner after placing him on leave in February. A judge heard arguments in the case on Thursday but didn’t immediately issue a ruling.