Politics Panel: A Police Shooting, the Maine Race, and Wu’s Political Grudges

About this episode

The episode discusses a Boston policeman facing manslaughter charges and the political implications surrounding it, alongside the Maine senate primary.

For the first time in 30 years, a Boston policeman is facing manslaughter charges for the shooting of an unarmed carjacking suspect who was trying to flee in his car. With this move, in an important election year, Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden is garnering praise and condemnation. By his side, is Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, whose recent acts of political retribution are drawing parallels with her predecessor, Mayor Tom Menino, a famous holder of grudges. This week on Say More’s political panel, opinion editor Jim Dao sits down with Ideas writer Abdallah Fayyad and opinion columnist Joan Vennochi to talk about these topics, and the insurgent oyster farmer, Graham Platner who is leading the polls in Maine’s senate primary. Email us at saymore@globe.com.

People in this episode

Host: Jim Dao

Guests: Abdallah Fayyad, Joan Vennochi

Topics covered

• police shooting
• manslaughter charges
• political retribution
• Boston politics
• Maine senate primary
• election year

Keywords

• Boston policeman
• manslaughter
• Kevin Hayden
• Michelle Wu
• political grudges
• Maine senate primary
• Graham Platner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston Globe

Places: Maine, Boston

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