Boston's 1st black police commissioner sworn in
Source: Associated Press
Updated 1:03 pm CDT, Monday, August 6, 2018
BOSTON (AP) William Gross has been sworn in as Boston's first black police commissioner.
Gross took the oath on Monday at the Morning Star Baptist Church in front of his family, officers and community members.
Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh called it a "historic occasion." Walsh says Gross is not only Boston's first black police commissioner, but "America's next great police commissioner."
Gross says he's humbled by the promotion and thanked the seniors in the room who paved the way for him to get there.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Boston-s-1st-black-police-commissioner-to-be-13133883.php
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)good luck with that arrangement.
I think Boston is one of the last of the "bigger" cities to have one.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Good news
elleng
(131,021 posts)AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)The confederate flag should fly over that place