Newly obtained video in a case more than seven years old is raising questions about the way Massachusetts State Police handle excessive force investigations involving one of their own.
Former state Trooper Paul Conneely fired his weapon while subduing a suspect in Brookline. An investigation of that shooting determined the actions of Conneely, and five other officers, were justified. However, at the time of that incident in 2020, Conneely was already under investigation for – and ultimately indicted for – allegedly kicking a suspect in the head a year earlier.
The suspect in the Brookline incident, Juston Root, 41, died. Root’s family wants to know why Conneely was allowed to use force again if he was already under investigation for using excessive force…