BOSTON — Boston City Council President Ed Flynn led Wednesday’s meeting off with a hopeful if, in retrospect, ominous plea that “we all be respectful to each other.”
Jabs between councilors and members of the public, F-bombs and even fists flew soon after.
It was clear that no appeal was going to quell the deep and to an extent, race-based tensions laid bare by the controversy around Ricardo Arroyo, who lost most of his support earlier after new information came out about old sexual-misconduct allegations.
