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Two BPD officers injured in Copley Square library; man in custody
By adamg on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 12:11pm
One of the officers suffered a leg injury during the incident, around noon in the McKim wing.
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LIbrary?
The BPL is supposed to be a quiet & safe place to crack open an encyclopedia or a magazine, I don't understand why there would ever be police activity there.
Then you've never been!
Its full of mentally unstable homeless people.
Full of?
And not all homeless are "mentally unstable". Some are. Some are not.
Of course not all homeless
Of course not all homeless people are mentally unstable, but almost all of the homeless hanging out at BPL are.
-Someone whose been homeless and stayed at pine st inn
Come on people. Anyone who
Come on people. Anyone who becomes homeless feels the depression and some form of mental instability sooner or later. Having worked closely with the homeless and sat down and listened to their voice from all walks of life for so many years, it is sad to say they have all shown some form of mental illness. It sucks.
Yes. And
Untreated/under-treated mental illness can contribute to the factors that lead to homelessness.
Unsafe & unquiet?
Maybe they were there because unsafe or unquiet activity was taking place. Just an idea.
There's lots of
Unsafe and unquiet activity in that library. I stopped going there once the Brighton branch reopened. It was a more annoying haul for fewer books, but I also never feared turning a corner there.
What library do you go to?
"The BPL is supposed to be a quiet & safe place to crack open an encyclopedia or a magazine, I don't understand why there would ever be police activity there"
Unless your post is sarcasm, what library do you go to? The one on "Leave It To Beaver"? There are legions of mentally unstable people roaming all over the BPL, many of whom practice no personal hygiene at all. I also saw a slovenly man pleasuring himself at one of the tables once.
And encyclopedias? Really? Magazines aren't far behind on the extinction list either.
What happened?
What happened?
Ok...
I read that as "Cosplay Square Library"...this past weekend really got to me...
Cat Wise. Library social worker helps homeless...
Cat Wise
Library social worker helps homeless seeking quiet refuge
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/library-social-worker-helps-homeless-seek...
by Barbara Trainin Blank
Public Libraries Add Social Workers and Social Programs
http://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/practice/public-libraries-a...
Stuff happens sometimes
I'm sitting in the library right now, no ones getting arrested, or causing a disturbance, or choking the chicken, at least that I can see. I guess sometimes bad stuff happens in nice places, and the rest of the time, bad stuff doesn't happen there. And yeah, there are some people reading books and magazines.
2pm Thurs 28 April 2016 Public Hearing on Boston Public Library.
2pm Thurs 28 April 2016 Public Hearing on Boston Public Library.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/cityclerk/docs/SKMBT_42016042501410-3e369f.pdf
Lavatories at Copley Square Boston Public Library need cleaning and sanitizing more frequently during hours open!
Check out the Staff Cafeteria at Copley Square Boston Public Library and other parts of BPL buildings backstage behind the scenes!
Did they book him? Did they
Did they book him? Did they tell him to leave? What did he dewey? I hope he was not in a bind and he can start a new chapter in his life.
Whatever they did...
...I hope they threw the book at them!
The police stop by several times a day.
I'm surprised this got reported, but yeah the library is full of unstable people. And it smells. I wish it weren't so. Thank God for ebooks, I never have to go back. They got rid of too many books anyway. Why not just make it a homeless shelter?