State police recruit's death in Massachusetts overshadows graduation ceremony

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State police recruit's death in Massachusetts overshadows graduation ceremony
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Friends and family of a state police recruit who died during training protested outside their graduation ceremony, demand to know how he died.

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Members of the Massachusetts State Police 90th Recruit Training Group raise their hands as they are sworn in as State Police Troopers by Mass. Gov. Maura Healey, not shown, during ceremonies, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. People display signs with with a likeness of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a State Police Academy training exercise, at a protest outside the State Police Academy graduation ceremony, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass.

Members of the 90th Recruit Training Group of the Massachusetts State Police stand in formation, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, during swearing in ceremonies at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering a “medical crisis,” authorities have said. The state attorney general has sinceDelgado-Garcia’s mother and others have said they want answers and accountability from the investigation, and she has raised questions about whether the training exercise was unnecessarily violent.

The protest happened against a backdrop of calls for accountability that have spread beyond Delgado-Garcia's family. The Latino Law Enforcement Group of Boston and Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston have both issued public statements calling for transparency about the investigation into Delgado-Garcia’s death.

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