Weymouth Resident Cuts Ribbon at Bunker Hill Day Parade

NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton came home to Boston on June 14 to march with pal, retired Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Bob O’Toole, a Charlestown native, who presided over this year’s Bunker Hill Day Parade as Chief Marshal. Bratton’s 88-year-old dad William was also with the crew, and when Mayor Marty Walsh heard the elder Bratton was raised in Charlestown, he handed over the scissors and had Bratton Sr. - grinning ear to ear - cut the ribbon to kick off the parade. William Bratton Sr. is now a resident of Weymouth, MA.

Commissioner Bratton’s wife, CBS legal analyst and Investigation Discovery (ID) host Rikki Klieman, also marched.

PHOTO #1: Boston city officials including Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans joined Weymouth resident William Bratton Sr. (center) as he cut the ribbon to kick off the Bunker Hill Day Parade in Charlestown on June 14. Bratton is the father of NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who was also in town for the parade to march with friend and Parade Chief Marshal Bob O’Toole.

PHOTO #2: (L-R): Bunker Hill Day Parade Chief Marshal Bob O’Toole, NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, William Bratton Sr. of Weymouth, Rikki Klieman, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina

PHOTO CREDIT: Don Harney/City of Boston