New Suffolk County prosecutor sworn in on platform of change

By Michael Jonas, Jan. 2, 2019

RACHAEL ROLLINS, who has broken barriers throughout a two-decade legal career, cracked another one on Wednesday as she became the first woman to serve as Suffolk County district attorney and the first black woman to hold a DA’s office anywhere in the state.

Rollins was sworn in before a packed crowd of several hundred at Roxbury Community College. The auditorium included a who’s who of local and state political figures, headlined by Gov. Charlie Baker, US Sen. Ed Markey, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who all delivered remarks during the ceremony.

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