BOSTON – For a former Massachusetts State Police recruit, photos showing him wearing an academy uniform are all that’s left of his dream. Giovani JN Baptiste tells the I-Team that it’s sad, since he came to this country, he has always wanted to be a state trooper.
The state police dismissed the Haitian immigrant from the academy six weeks before graduation. Enrique Delgado-Garcia was his carpool buddy and his classmate. Delgado-Garcia died last week after sources say he was seriously injured during a boxing training exercise. “Delgado was a really, really good kid helping me, helping everybody,” Baptiste said.
Former recruit alleges hazing, harassment
He does not know what happened to his friend, but says he was subjected to hazing and harassment from the second week of training. “For people like me or people like Delgado, Spanish or Black, it’s really hard,” the former recruit told the I-Team. “They make it really hard for you.”