The office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell says it is reviewing the Boston Police Department's Youth Violence Strike Force based on allegations of racially biased policingCivil rights investigators at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office are looking into conduct at the Boston Police Department's Youth Violence Strike Force.
The review by the office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell will look to determine whether there has been a practice of racially biased policing in the gang unit over the past five years. "Our Civil Rights Division is reviewing the Youth Violence Strike Force and its gang assessment database based on allegations there may have been a pattern of racially biased policing," a spokesperson for Campbell's office said in a statement."We have the full cooperation of the Boston Police Department and our review is ongoing."Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.