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Police are cleared in death of Celtics fan

“I think they’re lying,’’ said Cathy Woodman, with her husband, Jeffrey (right), and lawyer Howard Friedman. “In my opinion . . . those nine officers, the ones who handled him and the ones who witnessed, are to blame’’ for the death of her son David. “I think they’re lying,’’ said Cathy Woodman, with her husband, Jeffrey (right), and lawyer Howard Friedman. “In my opinion . . . those nine officers, the ones who handled him and the ones who witnessed, are to blame’’ for the death of her son David. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
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By Shelley Murphy
Globe Staff / November 11, 2009

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An independent panel found yesterday that there was a “lack of supervision’’ and other “missteps’’ by Boston police officers in the arrest of 22-year-old David Woodman during the 2008 Celtics championship celebration, but that none of the mistakes contributed to his death. (Full article: 888 words)

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