“Captain Timothy Gaughan—a 34-year employee of the BPD— filed the suit in Suffolk Superior Court. In it, he claims the directive came indirectly from Police Commissioner Michael Cox.”

"At a time when Boston’s demographics were changing, with new immigrant groups replacing the Irish and Italians as the city’s striving newcomers, Mr. Flanagan “was quite biased and unable to move with the times,” ... “He had very traditional views about women and fought fiercely against abortion"