Concord Cop Joins PC Suit Against Foxboro PD
An officer with the Concord Police Department has joined a federal class action lawsuit against the Foxboro Police, alleging the department’s practice of holding Gillette Stadium patrons in protective custody.
When it comes to intoxication, there’s tipsy and then there’s incapacitated. And that distinction appears to be the root of a lawsuit brought by around 1,000 people, including a Concord Police officer, against Foxboro and its police chief. In a highly publicized class action lawsuit filed against Foxboro Police Chief Edward O’Leary and the town, about 1,000 people are alleging they were unlawfully held in protective custody. The suit, filed by Boston attorneys Howard Friedman and David Milton, alleges concertgoers were placed in protective custody unlawfully for being intoxicated, but not incapacitated, reports multiple media outlets, including WBZ. One of those individuals is Concord Police Officer Michael Burgess, who was allegedly …
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