‘A Sweetheart Deal’: Why Boston’s Mayor Is Fighting Police Firing Arbitration

Professor Deborah Ramirez, chair of Northeastern Law’s Criminal Justice Task force and faculty co-director of the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), criticizes the arbitration process that undermines police accountability. “Arbitration is controlled by the police,” Ramirez said, “Since arbitrators want to be chosen and paid, they curry favor with the union who then chooses them over and over. It is a rigged game,” in MassLive.com.