New Role for Boston Cops: Protests at Democrat Event
/Demonstrators outside this year's
Democratic National Convention will include the usual suspects --
peace activists, environmentalists and the like -- as well as
some new faces: the police. Disgruntled members of the Boston Police
Patrolmen's Association, who have been locked in a protracted
labor dispute with the city, plan to hound and heckle Boston
Mayor Tom Menino during the four-day convention that opens in one
week. In the process, however, they may also make life awkward
for many of the more than 4,000 Democratic delegates by forcing
them to choose whether to cross picket lines to attend certain
convention-related events. [more]
- DRAMA. They Make $79,000 a year. Why are the Boston Police protesting? [more]
