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| Police Misconduct | 25-May-05 18:49 |
Today, May 25, 2005, the Stern Commission, an independent group investigating the police shooting of 21-year-old Victoria Snelgrove on October 21, 2004, released their findings. Their report concludes that Snelgrove's death was caused by series a mistakes made by the Boston Police, starting with the purchase of the weapon that was used in the shooting.
Snelgrove, a broadcast journalism student at Emerson College, was killed after being hit in the eye by a pepper-spray projectile while celebrating the Boston Red Sox's victory over the New York Yankees in the American League playoffs. The projectile was fired by a FN-303 "less lethal" launcher that was purchased earlier in the year with funds earmarked for DNC security. Earlier this month the city of Boston paid her family a $5.1 million settlement to avoid a wrongful death lawsuit, and the Boston ACLU released their recommendations for so-called "less lethal" weapons used by the Boston Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth.
However, members of Save Our Civil Liberties feel that there are reasons to be concerned with the Stern report.
[ Stern Commission report | Boston ACLU report | feature about settlement | original feature about Snelgrove's shooting ]