Tin Badge Officer Club is Alive And Well in Boston
A Police Lieutenant from Boston, was reinstated to his job after a plea agreement and probation. I take issue with domestic violence crimes. Especially, if one is a law enforcement officer. In 1998, a law was passed, the Lautenberg act. It included law enforcement and military who were convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to be removed from their jobs or assignments. Understand that domestic violence first and foremost is a crime, period. Just like driving drunk. Only society at large still does not view spousal abuse between two people dating or married, often as a crime. As you have seen in my prior posts and books, laws were enacted because people lost their lives. They were seriously injured or murdered. And Officer Murphy in this crime was paid during the entire time while on probabtion. In my opinion, the State's attorney who plea bargined and the judge violated a federal law. The good old boys network clearly is protecting their own. And for the victims in Boston married to those in blue it is a slap in the face. Please email your comments to: AbuseofTheBadge@aol.com
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - Police officers who physically abuse their spouses or intimate partners too often elude justice. That certainly would apply to Boston Police Lieutenant David Murphy, who returned to work last week after spending eight months on paid administrative leave.
In May, a Maryland judge ordered Murphy to serve 18 months probation for punching his wife in a Baltimore bar. The officer’s conviction for second-degree assault will be expunged when he fulfills the conditions of his probation. The plea deal was sadly typical of domestic violence cases involving police officers.
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