Revenge of the Springfield PD

[caption id="attachment_1226" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Bishop Talbert Swan II, Mayor Domenic Sarno, PD Chief Cheryl Clapprood (MassLive)[/caption] Massachusetts representatives and police unions believe the Commonwealth's police forces are nothing like those bad ones in other states. What happened to George Floyd could never happen in Massachusetts, they say. But as we have seen in New Bedford and elsewhere, there are plenty of problems with unaccountable police. And that includes Springfield. So when Greater Springfield NAACP Branch President Bishop Talbert W. Swan II spoke out against police violence and impunity, he made an enemy of Police Chief Cheryl Clapprood, who eventually fired...