Chuck Turner: “Guilty”, Energized

(The following report is via a third party source. It should not be understood as representing the viewpoint(s) of the Green-Rainbow Party. We re-publish it here and urge everyone to read it, as it represents a valuable source of items missing from most other published accounts of this case--Ed.)

This was a “bizarre” proceeding, according to a headline in the Boston Globe. Veteran Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner from the mainly-black Roxbury district including parts of Fenway, South End, and Dorchester—known for his ardently principled pro-democracy community organizing, his sys tem reform activism, and simple life-style— was on trial in October for “attempted extortion” and three counts of "lying to FBI agents" in his district office. All of which he denied. Here was the rare councilor who had voted "no" on council pay increase. Here was the only councilor who has maintained a district office, at his own expense, to better serve his constituents.