Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) has stated her support for a number of progressive, pro-crime policies, including supporting a no-charge list and ending the Boston Police Department’s gang database, according to a 2021 Boston Mayoral Candidates Survey recently viewed by the nonprofit group Progressive Massachusetts. Fox News Digital.
The group’s survey asked Wu about his policies on a number of issues, including whether he supported shutting down the Boston Police Department’s gang database, to which he answered “yes.” Wu also said he supported allowing foreigners to vote in local elections, Fox News Digital reported.
“Boston deserves better.”
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachel Rollins Prosecution Denied ListThe letter included a list of charges he declined to prosecute during his term in office, including trespass, shoplifting, theft, disorderly conduct, driving with a suspended license, trespass, intentional or malicious damage to property, menacing, drug possession, drug possession with intent to sell, and resisting arrest.
Wu was asked by the nonprofit group: “Do you support the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office expanding its no-charge list and how it deals with these types of minor crimes? Yes/No?”
The mayor again answered, “Yes.”
Fox News Digital reported that Wu also declared that the police should be “demilitarized.”[ed]It banned the use of tear gas, rubber bullets and attack dogs.
“Do you believe officer affiliation or sympathy with white supremacist organizations is a problem for the BPD? Yes/No. If so, what steps would you take as Mayor to combat that problem?” the organization’s survey asked.
Wu replied, “Yes. I am a [Boston Police Department] officials involved in the attack on the Capitol on January 6th.”
“Contract language should allow data about officer use of force and misconduct to be shared with the public and disciplinary records to be made publicly available in accordance with privacy laws,” Wu said, referring to the release of police personnel files related to “use of force.”
Wu did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Wu has not yet said whether she will run for reelection as Boston’s mayor in 2025, but some are already considering running against her.
Rumors are circulating that Josh Kraft, the philanthropist son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is being urged by Boston’s business community to challenge Wu in the next election. Kraft has not yet announced whether he will run.
North End restaurateur Jorge Mendoza Iturralde is reportedly planning to run against Wu in 2025. He is part of a group of restaurateurs suing the city over the mayor’s restrictions on outdoor dining.
Mendoza Iturralde is The Boston Globe“I love Boston. I grew up in Boston. I grew up in the North End.”
“But I also believe Boston needs better people. Boston needs people who will work for the people of Boston, not for a political career,” he said.
“I’m a small fish in a big pond, but I think at least my campaign can address some of the issues that are affecting Boston and remind the people of Boston that this is our city, not their politicians’ city, and when politicians get out of hand, we need to let them know that we don’t agree with what they’re doing and that they’re not doing the job that we’re paying them to do,” Mendoza Iturralde told the Boston Globe.
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