The story of Boston’s all-black, short-lived, very successful tactical police unit – Massachusetts news – Boston.com

After a spate of violence in Roxbury and Dorchester in 1971, the Boston police commissioner formed a unique group to tackle the problems there: an all-black elite tactical unit called the Soul Patrol.

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