Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has apologized to two Black men wrongly accused in the 1989 murder of a white woman that coarsened divisions in a city long split along racial lines and renewed anger and suspicion at police by the Black community.

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[believeit]

Now she should apologize to those white city counselors she discriminated against by holding a "blacks only" Christmas party.

[robinblocker]

I don't listen to racists so... bye

[bridallejohnson]

Black people wake up stop sleeping please.

[michaellamb]

Now she’s just showboating. You need a press conference for this? Pathetic excuse for a mayor

[bigirish]

Is she inviting them to the No-Whites Christmas party?

[bryanphoenix]

It fixes nothing but it is a clever way of pandering for political points.

[barbarabishop]

Get the Boston mayor out of office ASAP. I apologize to all the White and Native American people who have been falsely accused. 🙏

[cantstopsinging]

Anyone wrongly accused of a crime, regardless of race, is horrendous

[Roi_de-Rome]

There once was a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 40 years. At the same time as him being freed, some kid in highschool was told he couldn't use the girls bathroom.

Guess who got more money from the state of Missouri?

[nonyabusiness]

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

[noName-knlx]

Yawn another woke apology tour instead of real city business

[mitter]

She's not sorry, if she were she wouldn't have to read it!

[JR_Estrada]

Nephew acting like he’s the one who was exonerated waving up his arms for attention and accepting an apology that wasn’t his to accept. 😂

[sugadeeification]

The family should sue the city for criminal negligence and falsely accusing this man for a crime that he didn't commit years ago! The police, the judge and the prosecutor knew what they had done to this innocent man and I'm sure they're thousands more who have been wrongly accused. This is exactly how this country has treated black ppl for centuries and all they get is an apology wow! 😮

[YUMLiberalTears]

So was her "no whites" Christmas party a form of reparations then?

[cxa]

I apologize to Boston for having to tolerate her

[markridlon]

Wiz her apology to all the white bostonians that she excluded from her Christmas party

[michaelbatson]

I remember when this happen in 1989. Stuart played the whole city of Boston for fools to try to get away with killing his wife. Boston was at the time still dealing with fallout over the battle over court ordered bussing from the mid 1970's.

[timbaldwin]

She should invite them to the Christmas party.

[stevesavage]

I never cared for the state of Ma ( have inlaws there and have been there hundreds of times) and heres another reason. A mayor who panders.