Police surrounded the New England Center and Home for Veterans on Court Street and shut down surrounding streets, the State Street T stop and part of City Hall Plaza as they investigated a possible threat made by one person around 9:45 p.m. The person was quickly taken into custody, but the bomb squad was requested to check out his back pack.
Steven McVerry reports:
Major cop/SWAT action downtown near gov. center. Guns out, yelling at pedestrians to turn around and go several blocks.
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Everyone is on edge
By BostonDog
Thu, 07/14/2016 - 10:15pm
Given the events in Nice it's not surprising the police are on edge tonight.
Yes, the events in Nice were tragic
By roadman
Fri, 07/15/2016 - 7:02pm
However, it's unfortunate that the media and everyone else is calling it a terrorist attack. Apparently, the truck driver involved had recently been fired from his job. But I guess the French don't know how to translate the phrase "disgruntled former employee".
As for the "possible threat" in Downtown Boston, I suspect the BPD reaction would have been the same even if the Nice incident hadn't occurred.
In the US ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 07/15/2016 - 7:08pm
Would the cops even charge him? After all, he was working ... or was it asserting his "constitutional right" to drive a truck on a road that was willfully blocked by people walking!
Everyone is on edge
By anon
Fri, 07/15/2016 - 6:18am
Given the events in this country its not surprising that the police are on edge tonight..
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