Thursday, January 27, 2011

On black politics and politicians. Thoughts on the convictions of former Boston city councillor Chuck Turner and former Massachusettsstate senator Dianne Wilkerson.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



January 25, 2011 ought to have been a red letter day in the black community of Boston, Massachusetts. That, after all, is the day former 6 term Boston city councillor Chuck Turner was sentenced to three years in prison for accepting a $1,000 bribe. He's joined in the pokey by another well- known black politician, Dianne Wilkerson, ex-state senator, representing roughly the same area in the state senate Turner represented in the city council. Wilkerson's sentence, 3 1/2

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