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“Dream Team” Probe Blasted; Dixwell Forum Set

by Staff | March 26, 2007 8:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The mayor’s response to the police department’s theft and bribery scandal came under fire from his own police commissioners. Click here for Melissa Bailey’s report.
In other scandal developments:
• Critics’ black-community forum on the scandal is set for Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Elks Club at 87 Webster St. Click here and here for background articles.
• Mayor DeStefano continued to insist he has no responsibility for the systemic breakdowns that allowed corrupt cops to allegedly steal cash and take bribes until a sweeping FBI investigation stopped them. Click here to read the story. Click here for Independent readers’ outraged objections to the article.
• Click here to read a potboiler 57-page FBI affidavit about the case against Lt. Billy White (pictured) and co.; here to read about the “Estupido” incident on Long Wharf; and here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here , here and here for other coverage of the case.

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