Disparate Justice in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts

I have long decried disparate treatment of citizens by governments. Tyngsboro Massachusetts is an egregious example. Several members of the Board of Selectmen there fought to protect this now arrested police officer, over the objections of the well respected police chief. The Chief had placed the officer on leave only to have the board second guess his judgment. Last month, the town's Board again overrode the police chief's decision to place another member of the department on leave following “racially charged social media posts." The twenty-four year old chair of the board has publicly chastised the police chief when law enforcement or due process gets in the way. Last year, the same board colluded with a local bank to deprive those they disfavored of important due process rights. The message is clear. If they like you, you can't do wrong. If they don't, heaven have mercy. George Washington wrote, that "the true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government." You've got some firming up to do, Tyngsboro.