Harry Salvo Case Study

Harry Salvo is a passionate working class man who was targeted by the police. It was after 7:30 pm on October 21, 2016, when two uniformed police officers banged on Harry’s front door. (Tr. 18:23-24.) Harry answered the door and discovered that he was being accused of kidnapping a former student, Lyndsay Elliot. (Tr. 18:32-33.) Shocked by the accusation, Harry informed the police officers of his innocence and offered an alibi. (Tr. 18:33-34.) The police intimidated Harry into going to the police station to prove his innocence. (Tr. 18:38-40.)
Earlier that day, at about 10:00 am (Tr. 10:16), Lyndsay’s school went to the Boston Museum of Science for a field trip. (Tr. 3:8-12.) Lyndsay Elliot and Rachel Swift were standing outside of the museum when a man with a dog, standing about 30 …show more content…
(Tr. 17:12-13.) Franklin divulged information about Lyndsay’s family drama and about Harry’s unfortunate termination which occurred when he expressed his frustrations with the school because this incident led to the school obtaining a restraining order against Harry for his comments and loitering. (Tr. 17:21-25). After the conversation with Franklin, Officer Tompkin returned to the station to conduct a further inquiry into Harry and discovered that because of an indiscretion in 2010 Harry had been convicted of assault. (Tr. 17:45-46.)
After Harry arrived at the police station, Officer Tompkin called the Swift. (Tr. 13:30-31.) Officer Tompkin asked Kristen Swift if her daughter, Rachel, would come to the station the next day to view photographs but due to a prior family commitment Rachel would be out of town the next day. (Tr. 13:35-41). Officer Tompkin then informed Kristen that the police were questioning someone and requested that Rachel come to view the man because a positive identification would “make it easier to arrest him”. (Tr. 13:45-46,