A Milton police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation into an off-duty incident, which was described by the mother of one of the alleged victims as a racist rant directed at two teenage boys.
Milton police confirmed Friday that the officer had been placed on leave a day earlier, but did not disclose the officer’s name or describe the allegations. The department said another police force is conducting a separate investigation, but didn’t identify the law enforcement agency.
Risa King, a lawyer from Randolph, told the Globe that her 14-year-old son provided information to police in Milton and Westwood after the officer aimed racist criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement at him and a 14-year-old Hispanic boy who were at the officer’s Westwood home for a sleepover on Sept. 19.
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