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Massachusetts judge drops charges against “terrorist” photographer

OldProfessorBear — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:31:29 -0400

http://carlosmiller.com/2008/06/06/massachusetts-judge-drops-charges-against-terrorist-photographer/

He was a Russian. He had a camera. And he was photographing a natural gas tank.

So naturally police thought he was a terrorist.

Police in Lynn, Mass. became so suspicious of Stanislav Arkhipov, they not only arrested him on trespassing charges, they ended up contacting the State Anti-Terrorism Unit.

Massachusetts judge drops charges against “terrorist” photographer"

OldProfessorBear — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:18:42 -0400

If this was covered here, I missed it ...

Message to Boston

Barbara Diamond — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:25:32 -0400

People hate what they fear

Are You Kidding Me???

Barbara Diamond — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:29:44 -0500

T safest in a decade??

Are these MBTA people for real?

Muggers Take Note

Barbara Diamond — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:10:08 -0500

The MBTA is nearly doubling the number of cash machines within its subway stations - and the cash-strapped transit agency will pick up an extra $226,400 a year in the process.

The T’s board of directors yesterday OK’d going ahead with leases with Bank of America, TD Banknorth and Select A Branch Inc., to put a total of 19 ATMs in stations, up from 10 that were previously provided by Citizens Bank under a prior contract.

Bank of America won with a $30,000 bid the right to place just one ATM in the busy Park Street station.

JP Police's State of the District Meeting

Abby — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:07:06 -0500

The JP police held their annual state of the district meeting last night. Abby attended and reports what went down.

Sleeping cop

adamg — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:26:11 -0400

Carpundit is walking home yesterday when he sees a seemingly empty Boston police cruiser in front of DeLuca's. Only it isn't:

... When I got close enough, I saw that the officer was in the car - sound asleep. The window was down, the car running, and he was slumped slightly to the right, head on chest, drooling just a little. This was in broad daylight, at commuter time, in front of a popular market. I went inside to buy my wine (and, I confess, a little goat cheese with garlic and herbs along with some Carr's crackers), chuckling.

When I came out, he was still there. What to do?

Naturally, being a man of action (and a former cop himself), Carpundit springs into action and actually does something (after first cursing himself for not having remembered to bring his digital camera with him).

The death of Victoria Snelgrove

adamg — Wed, 25 May 2005 21:48:53 -0400

You can read the entire Stern Commission report on Victoria Snelgrove's death.

Carpundit reads about the report and concludes two factors in particular contributed:

... Robert O'Toole was a hothead who shouldn't have been in that supervisory position that night; and the FN303 is a deadly force weapon that should not be used in crowd control. ...