A Boston police union is asking for a “bias-free” investigation into an alleged home incident and assault on an officer involving the town’s chief of employees for police accountability and a neighborhood enterprise supervisor.
The Boston Police Detectives Union is sounding off on Marwa Khudaynazar, 27, and Chulan Huang, 26, each of whom the town has positioned on unpaid go away after police arrested the boyfriend and girlfriend at an residence within the Chinatown neighborhood early Thursday morning.
Metropolis Councilor Ed Flynn says each staff must be fired.
Khudaynazar, who runs the town’s police accountability workplace, was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and assault and battery on a family member. Amid a chaotic altercation with police, the lady allegedly pushed an officer’s hand away earlier than hanging the officer’s chest, in accordance with an incident report.
Because the officer exited the residence, Khudaynazar allegedly hurled expletives of their route, language the police detectives union described as “vile.”
“Domestic Violence and Assault and Battery on a Police Officer charges are unacceptable by their very nature,” the union wrote in a social media publish Thursday evening. “However, when the alleged perpetrator of such crimes holds a public office that can drastically impact a police officer’s livelihood, the blatant disrespect towards officers is especially troubling.”
“We can only hope for a bias-free investigation,” the union added, “and that the City uses the same lens of scrutiny in this case that they would use if the allegations were against a sworn police officer.”
Khudaynazar, who earned $83,769.77 in complete pay final 12 months, and Huang reported to police that the alleged home incident at Huang’s residence stemmed from a date that Khudaynazar went on Wednesday evening along with her boyfriend’s boss.
Huang took in $70,469.22 final 12 months as a neighborhood enterprise supervisor for the town’s Workplace of Financial Alternative and Inclusion. He has been charged with assault and battery on a family member.
Huang alleged to police that Khudaynazar and his boss “booked a hotel room and she came here to rub it in my face.” Khudaynazar confirmed to police that she did go on a date with Huang’s boss earlier within the evening after her boyfriend allegedly cheated on her.
“We both work for the city of Boston, we both work for the mayor’s office,” Khudaynazar instructed responding officers, in accordance with a police report. Huang allegedly uttered from the again of a police cruiser, “We both work for the city this is unnecessary.”
Each entered not responsible pleas throughout arraignments at Boston Municipal Court docket’s Central Division on Thursday. Town instantly positioned them on unpaid go away amid an investigation, and their bios have been scrubbed from the town web site.
Mayor Michelle Wu has responded to the “incredibly disturbing” allegations, saying, “It’s never OK to harm a police officer or to harm another member of our community.”
“It is a privilege to serve the public,” the mayor added. “We are all also human beings, but at the same time, our behavior has to match the standards we have to hold all our city workers to.”
After responding to the two:09 a.m. name on the residence on Hudson Road in Chinatown, officers separated Huang, shirtless, and Khudaynazar, who had been yelling, ‘please let me go.’ Officers noticed a number of chunk marks on Huang’s chest and arms, in accordance with the police report.
Khudaynazar allegedly began punching and biting Huang when the boyfriend stated he gave her the cellphone again. Huang allegedly held on to her wrists and wouldn’t let her go. Khudaynazar allegedly additional said to police, “I was biting him in self-defense.”
Metropolis Councilor Ed Flynn, who represents Chinatown, additionally requires an “independent investigation into workplace culture and environment” throughout the Workplace of Police Accountability and Transparency, Workplace of Financial Alternative and Inclusion, and the Mayor’s Workplace of Neighborhood Providers.
“It is never acceptable to assault a Boston Police Officer,” Flynn stated in a press release shared with the Herald. “While city employees in these departments must be supported during this time, it’s also critical that senior staff exercise full transparency and welcome an independent workplace investigation.”
“Although the two city employees in question are currently on unpaid leave,” he added, “I believe both should now be fired from their city positions.”
