Homicide charges against police officers are rare

Howard is quoted in this Globe article: Homicide charges against police officers are rare. The article discusses how unusual it is for police officers to be criminally charged when they kill people. Last month, in the midst of national outrage that the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor will not face homicide charges, a Massachusetts grand jury indicted a Reading police office for manslaughter. Despite this recent indictment, when Howard meets with the family of a person killed by a police officer, he tells them that criminal charges are highly unlikely. Howard also noted that Massachusetts has fewer instances of police killing people than most other states.