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]