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For years, the Boston police kept a secret: the patrolmen's union president was an alleged child molester.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
Patrick Rose kept his badge and ascended to power in the police union.
He went on to allegedly molest five other children. https://t.co/04rZEyJJq3
The father who brought his daughter in last summer to report abuse by Rose was the boy allegedly abused at age 12 in the 1995 case.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
The department’s lack of administrative action back then may have left Rose free to offend again and again. https://t.co/04rZEyJJq3
Boston police won’t say if any disciplinary action was taken against Rose.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
But it is clear the department did little or nothing to limit his contact with children and allowed him to salvage a career that led to the union presidency. https://t.co/04rZEyJJq3
State child welfare investigators believed in 1995 that there was evidence that a child had been abused by Rose.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
This raised more questions about how the future union chief was able to keep his badge for another two decades. https://t.co/eGYfWafM04
Acting Mayor Kim Janey vowed to release records from the 1995 Boston police internal investigation into Rose's behavior.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
The decision came amid intense pressure from mayoral candidates and members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation. https://t.co/qpgmKKqzzs
Boston’s police department has a long history of protecting its own from accountability, particularly if the officer, like Rose, is white, said retired deputy superintendent Willie Bradley, who is Black. https://t.co/04rZEyJJq3
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
Rose did not speak when he appeared in court at his August arraignment.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 13, 2021
The once powerful union president had his wrists cuffed together and held his two hands over his face. https://t.co/By6CpmAA0s pic.twitter.com/epJe0k4mAf
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