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White and the Blue Wall of Silence must both go
Culture change for Boston police should be high on next mayorâs agenda.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 18, 2021, 4:00 a.m.
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Beyond sealing the fate of Bostonâs hastily appointed police commissioner, an investigatorâs scathing report on the case provides ample proof that the Blue Wall of Silence â silence that has protected corrupt cops, abusive cops, and at least one accused child molester â remains
alive and well at Boston Police Department headquarters.
And that cries out for a culture change starting at the top â with a new and properly vetted permanent commissioner appointed by the next mayor and an administration at City Hall that wonât roll over and play dead as the next police union contract is negotiated.
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Dennis White is still technically the police commissioner, despite the city s efforts to unseat him. (City of Boston via AP)
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Janey is trying to move on from Dennis White, the police commissioner who has spent three months on leave after a 22-year-old domestic violence allegation was uncovered just a couple days after he was sworn in.
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Following new revelations from an independent report into decades-old domestic violence allegations against suspended Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, Acting Mayor Kim Janey said Friday afternoon that she believes the city should install a new person to lead its police department.
“Dennis White’s admitted behavior does not reflect our values,” Janey said during a press conference at City Hall. “It is clear from the report that we have to move in a different direction.”
White, 59, was placed on administrative leave in February just days after replacing retired Police Commissioner William Gross, after
The Boston Globeraised questions about allegations in 1999 that the longtime officer pushed and threatened to shoot his then-wife. White, who was never charged with a crime, has denied the specific allegations, but his lawyer conceded in subsequent divorce filings that “there were incidents of fighting” between the couple that sometimes “escalated to som
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BOSTON – Superintendent Nora Baston will be named the next Boston Police Commissioner Friday, sources told WBZ-TV’s I-Team. But that appointment is on hold as current Commissioner Dennis White, who was placed on administrative leave amid past domestic violence allegations, filed a lawsuit to stop acting Mayor Kim Janey from firing him.
“I ask for our city’s patience as we await the court’s ruling,” Janey said at a news conference Friday. “We cannot name a new commissioner until we deal with the current situation.”
White is a 32-year veteran of the Boston Police Department. Prior to being promoted to Chief of Staff to Commissioner William Gross and to the rank of Superintendent, White was a Deputy Superintendent in the Office of the Superintendent-in-Chief and in the Bureau of Field Services Night Command, Law Officer reported.