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Early this April, the city of Boston released evidence that police union president Patrick Rose Sr. molested a child in 1995. This evidence has been withheld and covered up by the Boston Police Department since the initial incident. Rose pressured his victim to drop the charges. Despite this, he kept his badge for 25 years.
Rose is now facing 33 charges of sexual abuse of six minors ages 7 to 16. Among his latest victims is the daughter of the first child he originally pressured into silence more than 25 years ago. It wasn’t until August 2020 that Rose was finally charged and arrested.
Emboldened by Chauvin verdict, protesters march against police brutality in Boston
By Christine Mui, Charlie McKenna and Sofia Saric Globe Correspondent,Updated April 21, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Bri Nichols (left) and Thatiana Desgraves marched with demonstrators through the rain from Nubian Square to Boston police headquarters calling for an end to police brutality and improved race relations.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
As thunderstorms rolled through Boston Wednesday evening, activists marched through the city, calling for an end to police brutality one day after Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted for the death of George Floyd.
We Canât Stop Now : Boston Protesters March For Racial Justice In The Wake Of Chauvin Verdict
Protester Sierra Wilcox, 31, from the South Shore, demonstrates at a march against police brutality outside the Boston Police Headquarters in Roxbury on April 21, 2021.
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As rain clouds threatened to break and thunder rumbled in the distance, Monica Cannon-Grant, a local activist and founder of social justice nonprofit Violence in Boston, vowed to stick it out.
âWe re going to be out here regardless,â she said as a crowd began to form Wednesday outside a nearby Boston Police District station. âBlack folks are dying in the rain, the snow, the sunshine, on a Sunday, it doesn t matter. So we have an obligation to show up not just for the Floyd family, but for the people in the city of Boston who get killed on a regular basis.â
Apr 21, 2021
BOSTON (
WBZ NewsRadio) Demonstrators gathered across Boston on Wednesday to demand for more justice, following the verdict of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd by a Minnesota jury on Tuesday afternoon.
Hundreds marched towards the Boston Police Headquarters in the pouring rain, calling for change.
Founder and CEO of Violent in Boston Inc. and organizer of the Roxbury rally Monica Cannon-Grant said, It is because we were out here, that a verdict happened.
Activist Nino Brown said over 35 million people protested over the last year following the death of George Floyd. And while he believes it is great to have that much support, it s sad that s what it took to send one police officer to jail.