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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoston Cop Who Bragged About Running Down Protesters Back On Full Duty
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Taniel
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"The Boston Police sergeant who was caught bragging on camera about running down protesters during the George Floyd demonstrations on May 31, 2020 has been reinstated to full active duty."
Boston Cop Who Bragged About Running Down Protesters Back On Full Duty
He's awaiting discipline, but will not be fired
eoinhiggins.substack.com
8:00 AM · Oct 7, 2021
Taniel
@Taniel
"The Boston Police sergeant who was caught bragging on camera about running down protesters during the George Floyd demonstrations on May 31, 2020 has been reinstated to full active duty."
Boston Cop Who Bragged About Running Down Protesters Back On Full Duty
He's awaiting discipline, but will not be fired
eoinhiggins.substack.com
8:00 AM · Oct 7, 2021
https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/boston-cop-who-bragged-about-running
The Boston Police sergeant who was caught bragging on camera about running down protesters during the George Floyd demonstrations on May 31, 2020 has been reinstated to full active duty.
Video of Sergeant Clifton McHale boasting about hitting protesters was brought to light by my exclusive reporting at The Appeal in December 2020. The clip was part of a trove of 66 hours of bodycam footage from the protests passed to me by attorney Carl Williams.
It makes you wonder what a Boston Police officer has to do to get fired, Williams said Wednesday after I told him of McHales reinstatement. "How in an unprecedented time of calls for police accountability can this be happening?"
Im fucking hitting people with the car
In the video, embedded below, McHale tells another officer whose bodycam is turned on about how he just used his police vehicle to attack demonstrators.
Dude, dude, dude, I fuckin drove down Tremontthere was an unmarked state police cruiser they were all gathered around," McHale says. So then I had a fucker keep coming, fucking running, Im fucking hitting people with the car, did you hear me, I was like, get the fuck
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Boston Cop Who Bragged About Running Down Protesters Back On Full Duty (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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stillcool
(32,626 posts)1. Someone needs to police the police
the only way to tell a cop from a criminal is the consequences.
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)2. And when he kills someone they will all pretend to be surprised by it.
Kid Berwyn
(14,897 posts)3. If a protester did that to the cops, what would happen?
The charges likely would include attempted murder.
Then its unlikely a protester behind the wheel would get to that point without first being shot dead