Explosive turn as daughter says Boston top cop Dennis White blameless; Kim Janey still moves to fire him
In shocking new video statements, Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White’s oldest daughter says the embattled top cop was never violent and in fact was abused by his ex-wife.
White’s sister-in-law, also speaking to White’s attorney in a video taken over the weekend, alleges her sister could be violent — including stabbing their brother when they were teens — and she never saw the commissioner hit anyone.
“She was always attacking him when she was mad,” Tiffany White, 39, the couple’s oldest daughter, said in the video shared with the Herald. “She once picked up a portable TV and threw it at him. … A vase bounced off him and shattered.”
But, Tiffany White added, her dad would walk away — once taking her with him until the dust settled.
This new video history tells of a volatile marriage where it’s alleged the ex-wife was the aggressor, not Dennis White. Still, Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s office is not budging and plans a Wednesday Zoom hearing to fire White from his post over allegations of past domestic violence.
“The independent investigation into Dennis White’s behavior speaks for itself,” a City Hall spokesperson said in a statement on Monday evening. “The Mayor will hold a virtual hearing for Dennis White at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, in accordance with this week’s decisions by the Superior and Appeals Courts.”
The courts have cleared the way for Janey to fire White.
The city two weeks ago released the long-awaited independent report on White, and the document contains allegations that he abused his ex-wife.
Four people alleged that White physically and emotionally abused his ex-wife, who was another Boston cop, beating her and stomping on her. She repeatedly reported abuse to the domestic violence unit, but no one at internal affairs did anything until she obtained a restraining order against him, according to the report.
White denied abusing his wife, but said, “Yes, we pushed each other.” They divorced in 2001.
Now White’s attorney, Nick Carter, one of the city’s top lawyers, is urging Janey “to review this (new) testimony before you make a decision” that will tarnish his badge forever.
“It would be unfortunate to say the least if an innocent Black man, who has dedicated his career to serving Boston as a first responder, is terminated based on the unsworn statements of unidentified witnesses,” Carter wrote to Janey Monday.
Tiffany White in her video states her mother beat her with a belt, belittled her and once punched her so hard in the back she gasped for air.
“She punched me in my back because I was doing the dishes slow … the pain shot in my back and I couldn’t breathe,” she said.
Sister-in-law Connie Owens corroborated that same moment.
“(My sister) balled up her fist and hit (Tiffany) in the back so hard … thump,” said Owens, who added she yelled at her sister, “We don’t do that.”
Tiffany White said her dad once threatened to call the police if the mother didn’t stop. That’s when it all seemed to signal the end of the marriage. When asked by Carter if her dad ever hit her mom, she added: “He never did. … She was wailing on him.”
Efforts to reach White’s ex-wife were unsuccessful.
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