State Police report 51 people were arrested at three locations during last night's wending Ferguson protest march, which made its way from one highway ramp to another in what turned out to be vain attempts to block a highway.
Some 33 people were arrested on or near the Mass. Ave. Connector, where protesters first tried to walk onto I-93 south; 17 in Dewey Square; and 1 person on a ramp down to the O'Neill Tunnel at Purchase Street, State Police say.
All are scheduled to be arraigned today in either Roxbury Municipal Court (Mass. Ave. Connector) or Boston Municipal Court on disorderly-person charges. The person arrested on the tunnel ramp also faces a charge of trespassing on turnpike property.
State Police say one protester bit a trooper on the wrist. The trooper was treated by Boston EMS.
State Police say they kept their eye on protesters both in person and online:
Our Commonwealth Fusion Center monitored social media and other open-source information sources throughout yesterday and last night and provided critical intelligence about protesters' plans to try to disrupt traffic on state highways.
They add:
We will maintain an increased presence around potential demonstration sites in Boston throughout the next few days.
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Kudos to the young people for
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 9:54am
Kudos to the young people for demonstrating peacefully. Shows a great deal respect for the Brown family's wishes.
51 Arrests
By Hyde_Parker
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:27am
That doesn't sound peaceful to me.
Not violent, either
By Waquiot
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:29am
Except for the biter, which means there were as many biters in this group of protestors are there were in the Uruguayan World Cup squad last summer.
Most of the charges were probably the civil disobedience kinds, which will most likely result in continuances if that.
Thanks for the Suarez reminder
By John Costello
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:00am
I didn't need to be reminded of that with Liverpool going to get their hat handed to them today in Bulgaria without him.
Not just Suarez' fault
By Waquiot
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:17am
Sturridge is injured and the summer transfers haven't been integrated yet.
They'll win today. Then it is Europa League time!
51 out of an estimated 1,400.
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:42am
51 out of an estimated 1,400. Was there widespread violence and destruction? No. I would say especially compared to other protests across the country, Boston was definitely peaceful.
(I know the answer is no)
By tape
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:52am
You know there's myriad non-violent activities for which one can be arrested, right?
Proportionally, there are
By Rob Not Verified
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:01am
Proportionally, there are probably more arrests at a Patriots home game than there were last night. Also probably more disorderly conduct.
But less biting.
By dmcboston
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 4:20pm
But less biting.
Bad Math
By Suldog
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 9:24pm
I understand your point, but your math is bad. Gillette Stadium capacity is 68,756. There would have to be over 2600 arrested in that crowd to equal the percentage. I'm pretty sure there have never been 2600 people arrested at a Pats game :-)
OK, I'm off-line now. Happy Thanksgiving!
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Not that many are arrested at Gillette anyway....
By Pete Nice
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:26pm
1 or 2 PCs a game from what I hear.
I think
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:30am
Your definition of "peacefully" is a little bizarre!
Kudos? The idea alone of
By bstn2k14 (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:33am
Kudos? The idea alone of attempting to block the highway on the busiest travel week of the year is moronic. What does it prove? Did they not think that it could have delayed response times for emergency vehicles? More people should have been arrested. Here's an idea, how about respecting authority and not acting in a threatening manner. I guarantee cops will leave you alone.
I think the problem is that
By tape
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:54am
I think the problem is that "authority" has proven itself to be unworthy of respect.
Also, a bunch of people walking is hardly "threatening".
Yeah! Respect authority!
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:58am
If only the signers of that damn Declaration of Independence had followed your advice, everything would have turned out differently.
You're comparing police
By bstn2k14 (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:18am
You're comparing police authority to what colonists experienced under King George? I don't think this comment box is big enough to explain how wrong you are. Please read a history book
Agreed, King George would
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 4:25pm
Agreed, King George would blush at some of the things police can get away with
What good would
By Windypig
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:07am
a protest do if it had no impact on anyone, just a bunch of people yelling in a park not affecting those around you? Dont go into PR or marketing I dont think you have a concept of how to sell a point.
And Fuck Authority - why should I respect authority - Authority murders people on the regular and then hides behind the badge. Authority deserves no respect because they havent earned it. The new militarized police force is state sponsored terrorism and a racketeering scheme directed against its own citizens. You might not see it now, memories of officer friendly blinding you, but you'll wake up one day.
Also it should be noted I have never once seen a protest that hasn't dispersed because of an ambulance, but i have seen them disperse many times, temporarily to let ambulances through.
Fuck authority?
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 12:53pm
Care to tell us about all those alleged murderous cops prowing the streets, shooting [i]innocent[/i] folks who are not shooting at them, beating them or trying to take their service pistols? Also, who are you going to call when you're in trouble assuming you're too busy yelling fuck the authority? Ghostbusters? And lastly, have you decided where you're going to ride your $5000 NJS-certified fixie so you can protest some more? That $600 Arc'Teryx coat and $1000 Black Diamond tent you bought for Occupy Boston (thanks rich daddy) are begging for some more use, though I must admit all those expensive climbing jackets looked a little funny when coupled with $300+ designer skinny jeans from Riccardi last time Occutards were in town.
Yep, here you go
By Windypig
Wed, 12/03/2014 - 6:53pm
Cops murder Kelly Thomas, a gentle homeless man with schizophrenia, because they didn't want him sitting in that area and threatened to “f--- him up†before killing him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...
Cops threw flashbang into baby's crib (with children's toys all around the yard of the house and with no police work to justify the warrant). http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/a_swat_team_blew_a... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/20...
Cops shoot and kill a 7 year old girl who was asleep during a midnight home raid (while film crews were filming for TV): http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/11/aiyana-stanl...
Cop kills unarmed man holding baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMDIK4bOpwk
Cop shoot elderly man reaching for cane: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03...
Cops shoot to kill without even identifying the target: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/04/11/john-winkl...
Cop shoots and kills homeless Albuquerque man for no reason: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/albuq...
Cop kills innocent, unarmed father in a stairwell because he claimed the stairwell was dark: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/us/new-york-police-s...
Cop’s record cleared for accidentally shooting boy in head: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=44700
Cop shoots boy in chest when he answered the door, mistaking a Wii controller for a gun: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/attorney-teen...
Cops beat delusional man to death as citizens watch: http://atlasleft.org/washington-man-cries-for-help...
Cops unleash attack dog on innocent college kid already being restrained on ground by numerous officers, no punishment to officers at all: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/police-beating-vi...
Cops shoot and kill elderly man in his own garage at night while checking out the wrong address: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/27/police-...
Cops shoot at man in streets in NY, hit bystanders: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/justice/times-square...
Cops lied to obtain a no-knock warrant and shot and killed a grandma in her own home, then planted drugs to cover up the crime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston_shoo...
Cops shoots and kills honors student at college campus: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2519842/Va...
Cops shoot and wound man getting cigarettes from his own car at his own house for no reason at all: http://gawker.com/unarmed-man-shot-by-deputies-ins...
Cops kill man by compressing him while arresting him while he was distraught: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/justice/oklahoma-arr...
Police shoot diabetic man after his wife called for medical help, they claim he picked up a knife: http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/07/woman-says-she-c...
Cops shoot man holding a toy gun in walmart with no warning and lied in their report. http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/special-gr...
Covert officers assault girls for buying bottled water, cops thought it was alcohol: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/02/198...
Cops kill man with garden hose using a shotgun and no warning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S7LRrCru8
Florida man survives 13 shots by officers while sitting in his car: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/florida-shot-by-m...
Cops almost shoot and kill a hospital-worker in her own home with a warrant for an entire apartment complex and screaming at her door: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130718/COLU...
Cops raiding small friendly poker games with militarized tactics, accidentally killing people-- “Why did you shoot me, I was reading a book.â€: http://www.salon.com/2013/07/07/%E2%80%9Cwhy_did_y...
Cop beats handcuffed teen and is acquitted because video ‘should only be used to protect cops, not prosecute them.’ http://intellihub.com/2013/07/05/judge-finds-cop-n...
Cop purposely holds onto door handle so he would have the right to shoot and kill a Sunday school teacher who was driving away from the cops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...
Cop shoots man in back several times, then stands over him and shoots again to kill him—questionable whether the man actually was armed or not—conflicting evidence given. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=159PM7ZKcv0
It's not true that people in parks don't affect other people.
By mplo (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:29pm
I just don't think that protestors have the right to trample the rights of people who are simply going on with their daily lives and pleasures, etc., and cause hardships.
I've seen protests where it's been tougher for cops to move demonstrators aside. Every second of every minute of every hour counts when a person is being transferred to the hospital due to illness or serious injury, is the victim of a robbery or assault, or there's a fire someplace that emergency vehicles have to get to quickly.
"trample" is a pretty big word...
By lbb
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:58pm
...to use in reference to a traffic delay. Also "hardship". Just sayin'.
Either way...
By dmcboston
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 4:35pm
...protesters have NO right to interfere with my rights. My rights are equal to theirs. If I have the right, through proper licensing (my driver's license) to use a public thoroughfare, do they have the right to block it?
An old saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends before the tip of my nose."
If an injured person is in an ambulance, do they have a 'right' to be transported to a hospital?
If a black hairdresser has a salon, does a Social Justice Warrior have the right to loot it then burn it down because Social Justice?
Good point
By Markk02474
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:34pm
If protesters blocked a bike path nobody would care.
Shut up, you coward...
By MatthewC
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 4:18pm
You are probably a whiny, entitled brat. You've never understood what it is to serve. Most men and women in law enforcement would step in front of danger for imgou without a second thought. You ought to appreciate that more and quit crying.
No one ever claimed
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:07am
No one ever claimed protestors were reasonable or that their opinions made any sense. What else was that ferguson cop suppose to do? Get strangled ?
Blocking highways, and any
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 11:25am
Blocking highways, and any roadway for that matter, as well as access for hospitals is asinine. In total agreement with you on that.
I want my money back. You
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 2:46pm
I want my money back. You have been proven so incredibly wrong so many times. I wish it was possible to neg you here.
"Burn this bitch down!"
By jonbowen
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 3:05am
How is that peaceful?!
Trooper bitten? So much for
By anon (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 9:58am
Trooper bitten? So much for peaceful protests
One person out of over a
By Rob Not Verified
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:20am
One person out of over a thousand was an idiot and did something bad so let's paint all with a broad brush yayyyy
Sounds like at least 51 were
By relaxyapsycho
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:45am
Sounds like at least 51 were idiots, and given Evans' statements today, it was a lot more than that. BPD simply let many get away with pushing/shoving officers.
Sounds like 51 got arrested.
By lbb
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:59pm
And of course, nobody in these United States ever got arrested for a bullshit reason.
Unfortunately, all too often,
By mplo (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:21pm
All it takes for one or two idiots to ruin things for everybody else, and give everybody a bad name. Blocking or attempting to block a major highway, especially around the holiday time, really is beyond stupid, and way out of line, imho. The people attempting to block I-93 deserved to get arrested, as far as I'm concerned.
Cops are needed around, whether people like them or not. Otherwise, there'd be total anarchy around.
One or two idiots can only
By lbb
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 2:02pm
One or two idiots can only "give a bad name" to a multitude or a movement in the eyes of simpletons who are eager for any flimsy excuse to discredit the movement in question. And the necessity of police does not mean they should have carte blanche to commit violence, which is the de facto situation in America today.
I stand by what I've said, lbb.
By mplo (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 2:11pm
I'm not backing off from my positions on this subject!
Your problem, mplo...
By dmcboston
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 4:00pm
...is that you are a simpleton that is eager to discredit the movement in question.
As I am. As anybody is that disagrees with the above commenter.
There is no movement, per se. There is a dead kid and the cop that put him there. A grand jury found no bill. They released a pile of documentation. So, I guess justice was served, technically, but not to the satisfaction of those that have an agenda.
He then goes on to quote an aljazeera.com article, because when you need impartial, you need AL Jazeera.
I'm beginning to think he's just a friggin (or f*cking, if you prefer) troll.
You're calling ME a simpleton, dmcboston?
By mplo (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 5:20pm
You've got a lot of nerve there, buster. Or, are you just being snarky here?
Read the comment you responded to.
By dmcboston
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:31pm
I'm trying to actually back you. Reading comprehension...not snark.
okay...thanks for the heads up, dmcboston.
By mplo (not verified)
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 1:15am
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Very very large point missed.
By sunny (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 6:14pm
The protests are about so much more than Michael Brown. I can't believe someone has to type this for you.
The US did not break out into protest because of Ferguson alone. It was the latest example of how poorly black people are regarded in this country by some whites and the police and the judicial system.
It was also for the young black woman who was shot in the head asking for help after a car accident.
It was also for the young black man who was killed because someone thought he was playing his music too loud.
It was also for the young black man who was killed by police in Walmart for playing with a toy gun when Walmart seems to be the go-to place for gun carrying white people.
It was the young man who was killed by the police after a car accident.
The boy was killed - legit or not, we'll never know. But did his body really have to lay in the street for hours? Did the prosecutor really botch the case due to lack of concern? Did the police really need to wear "I support Darren Wilson" bands to work under agitated conditions?
Yup
By sunny (not verified)
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 5:57pm
You summed it up well.
We need cops around, whether people want them or not.
By mplo (not verified)
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 1:55am
I don't feel that I'm making flimsy excuses, nor do I consider these present protests part of a real honest-to-goodness movement against anything, either. The anti-war protests that took place back in the 1960's and early to mid-1970's against the U. S. Government's involvement with Indo-China were all part of a genuine movement. This protest is clearly not, because they pretty much came out rather disorganized, and spontaneously.
True-blue movements that took place during that above-mentioned period were, for the most part, peaceful, although some of them turned violent, also.
I'll also add that, during the recent Boston protests over the debacle in Ferguson, MO police officer's shooting of an unarmed young black man, there were a great deal more than just afew idiots. They had no business blocking a highway and preventing/impeding other people's right to get home, especially during the holiday time.
Wha?
By adamg
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 9:46am
Rosa Parks was not part of some well planned out national protest movement; she was just a tired lady who wanted to sit down. And yet look what happened.
You may not like what happened the other night, but you do realize that protests movements don't just spring out of the ocean like some Venus, no?
The Civil Rights Movement was a whole different thing back then.
By mplo (not verified)
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 10:10am
Rosa Parks wanted to sit down, but her protest wasn't the only thing that got the Civil Rights movement going. It was a whole host of things, like a de-jure segregated south, where blacks couldn't even sit down to eat in restaurants, or patronize businesses in general, that were owned by whites. Blacks also had to use "Coloreds Only" toilets and water fountains, and could only sit in the back of the bus. It was all the sit-ins, etc., that finally eliminated this really virulent vestige of racism in the south.
Those protests last night were mostly done by young college kids, most of them white and middle-upper classed kids, not working-class kids. Working-class families only joined in the anti-war movement during our Indo-China involvement in the end, when they got sick and tired of seeing their own kids come home dead or maimed as a result of our wrong-headed war in Indo-China.
:) No shit!
By mplo (not verified)
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 10:21am
I have a right to say, however, that I think that protestors have used some rather stupid, unnecessary and off-putting tactics that, imho, don't help their cause(s)....at all!
Actually Rosa Parks was part
By Daveydave (not verified)
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 10:45am
Actually Rosa Parks was part of an organized campaign. Not that that makes what she did any more or less important.
Rabies test?
By Markk02474
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:39pm
Was the cop and/or protester tested? Might be suffering from mental imbalance like Logan streaker.
Hands up, don't bite!
By moxie
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:23am
Hands up, don't bite!
when interviewed
By BikerGeek
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 1:12pm
the suspect said, "braaaaaaiiiins".
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