14 Mass. officers charged with assault, cover-up
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A total of 14 current and former Springfield police officers now face charges in an attack on a group of civilians that followed a barroom argument almost four years ago.
The new charges announced Wednesday by state Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and the FBI’s Boston office involve an altercation outside Nathan Bill’s bar on April 8, 2015, and accusations that there was a subsequent attempt to cover it up.
Six of the officers had previously been charged with assault and battery. Another seven current officers, one former officer and a bar manager were charged Wednesday with misleading investigators, filing false police reports and perjury.
