This week's news includes what Dianne Wilkerson pleading guilty means for the black political establishment in Boston and a continued discussion of police response to gang violence in the wake of the shooting of Nicholas Fomby-Davis.

Week In Review: Wilkerson Pleads Guilty, Gang Violence

Wilkerson leaving federal court in 2008, where she pleaded not guilty to charges. (AP)

Former Massachusetts state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, center,  leaves federal court in Boston Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 where she pleaded not guilty to new charges in an ongoing corruption probe at the Massachusetts Statehouse and Boston City Hall. Prosecutors say  Wilkerson and  Boston city councilor Chuck Turner conspired to accept a bribe from a businessman in exchange for a liquor license. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)