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Boston Cop Justin Barrett sues commissioner and mayor for suspension
Last week we reported on a racist email Boston police officer Justin Barrett sent to the Boston Globe, likening Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates to a “banana-eating jungle monkey.” The move got Barrett suspended from the force, and the officer is now looking to sue the mayor, the police department, and the police commissioner for […]
Boston cop Justin Barrett suspended for racist rant against Henry Louis Gates
Boston police officer Justin Barrett, commenting on the arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Gates, has been suspended from the force for calling Gates a “jungle monkey” in an email written to the Boston Globe. After learning of the racist remarks, Commissioner Edward Davis put Barrett on administrative leave. Barrett could be fired pending a […]
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