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'Rats Get Bats': Boston Police Investigating If Officers Made Capitol Riot Posts
The Boston Police Department continues to investigate complaints against at least two officers stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection and comments made in its aftermath.
Police records obtained by NBC10 Boston name a pair of officers facing ongoing probes, details the department has declined for months to release, citing the open investigations.
They show police launched an inquiry into officer Joseph Abasciano on Jan. 19 after he was publicly identified on Twitter as the author of a series of controversial posts about the event.
Those posts, from user @mailboxjoe, have since been deleted. They suggested the writer was traveling to Washington, D.C., on the day of the insurrection, and accused Vice President Mike Pence of treason. ........(more)
https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/rats-get-bats-boston-police-investigating-if-officers-made-capitol-riot-posts/2408730/?