Two Boston police officers, whose highly-public protests against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate were at times controversial, have been fired.
One of the officers is Sgt. Shana Cottone, who hailed a hero in the Boston Marathon bombing and later for rescuing residents trapped in a burning building.
The other officer is Patrolman Joe Abasciano, a U.S. Marine veteran, who is also the subject of an ongoing investigation into his support for the Jan. 6 Capitol protests.
“This isn’t just a local story, it’s about progressives engaging in political purging of conservative voice,” Cottone told The Epoch Times.
Sgt. Shana Cottone—being interviewed at the front of the image—says she was only accused of misconduct after she began holding public protests against Boston’s instituted vaccine mandate for city employees. (Courtesy of Boston First Responders Union)
In a March 14 statement, the Boston Police Department confirmed the March 13 firing of Cottone and Abasciano, who did multiple tours in Iraq, citing misconduct and violating department policies as the reasons for their termination….