Cambridge Police report arresting a Boston man they say reacted to having fireworks shot at him by chasing after his assailants' car and, after it swerved and crashed, flinging both a brick and a knife at them.
Police say the action began around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday Acorn Park Drive, off Rte. 2 just before Alewife Brook Parkway, where people had gathered and where two guys decided to shoot some fireworks at six other people there.
This upset one of the groups and resulted in a man chasing after the other group’s vehicle. This caused the vehicle to swerve and crash
Police say Tumerrick Brown, 19, of Dorchester, then flung a brick through the driver's side window of the car and followed that up by slinging an open pocket knife at them.
Brown was arrested at the scene on a charge of malicious destruction of property over $1,200, for the damage the brick did to the car, and a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon for the attack with the knife, which missed the two men in the car, police say Those men were summonsed, but not detained, on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon for shooting the fireworks at Brown and his friends, police say.
Innocent, etc.
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Nothing good happens at that
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 1:13pm
Nothing good happens at that time if you're out.
Magical Thinking
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 1:42pm
This is the sort of magical thinking that has the US in a lot of trouble right now.
Apparently it's the new cool time to be out
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 2:09pm
3 AM to 4:30 AM seems to be THE big time to shoot off fireworks in densely populated Boston neighborhoods. I don't know what started the trend, or what the meaning of it is, but it's been happening for a number of years now. It must be the big thing among non-employed people who never have to worry about when they get up.
You know what they say...
By MrZip
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 2:35pm
...never bring a knife to a roman candle fight, even if you also have a brick.
The guy throwing the brick is in the right here
By JB
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 2:27pm
I think they arrested the wrong guy. Yeah he did throw a brick and a knife, but F those morons who shot fireworks at him. He was completely justified in responding. Having fireworks shot at you is dangerous and enormously disrespectful. The idiots with the fireworks were lucky that they didn't get shot.
Adult emotional dysregulation
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 4:47pm
Is never OK. And if you think that's all there is to this tale, you're gullible and naive.
There seems to be some confusion here..
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 10:44pm
... over the difference between using force in self-defense against an attack, which is legitimate, and using force to retaliate against a past attack, which is not.
NH
By bikenerd
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 2:45pm
Thanks New Hampshire
A clear case
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 2:52pm
Of self defense! No jury will find him guilty.
They were fleeing from him
By anon
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 5:05pm
They were fleeing from him and he chased them. How is that self-defense?
Gotta say
By Sock_Puppet
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 7:43pm
That’s an infernal device
July 11, 2020
By Don't Panic
Sat, 07/11/2020 - 9:08pm
No fireworks for the past 6 hours.
Immediately invalidated as I posted...
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