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Councilors file affidavits alleging bias against whites in Dorchester
A coalition of South Boston-based organizations and activists have filed a lawsuit against the Boston City Council in an attempt to overturn a redistricting map the body passed by a 9-4 vote on Oct. 26.
The lawsuit alleges the Council's map is designed to dilute white voting power in the Dorchester-based District 3 and Black voting power in the Dorchester/Mattapan-based District 4. It also alleges the Council violated the state's open meeting law.
Three of the four councilors who voted against the map -Ed Flynn, Erin Murphy and Frank Baker - filed affidavits in support of the lawsuit. Also signing on as plaintiffs are former City Councilor Maureen Feeney; Shirley Shillingford, who heads the Caribbean Carnival Association of Boston; and retired social worker Rita Dixon.
In her...