Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant

Death by Force

In the late summer of 1904, a domestic disturbance call on Falcon Street in East Boston shattered the quiet of a Sunday afternoon and ended the life of a veteran police officer. Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant, a 47-year-old White male, had served with the Boston Police Department for fifteen years, a tenure that came to a violent and tragic close on September 4th of that year.

The incident began when a man frantically reported that his wife had chased him from their home with a pistol. Office ...Read More

Patrolman Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant

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