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BPD has stocked up on heavy weaponry before - to fight Commies
By adamg on Fri, 08/05/2016 - 7:29pm
Over the years, news photographer Leslie Jones took a number of photos of Boston Police officers with guns.
The above photo, which he took on July 3, 1919, at the height of the Red Scare, was captioned:
With the latest guns, Boston police will fear nothing. The "Reds" will be met severely in case they start anything.
In 1923, he photographed some officers with another high-powered weapon, a couple days before May Day. "Lt. Lutz is ready with men and machine guns if any May Day riots occur:"
In April, 1932, he watched Boston riot and mounted officers practice on the Common in case of any May Day trouble, or as he put it, "With the latest guns, Boston police will fear nothing. The 'Reds' will be met severely in case they start anything."
In 1934, he took a photo inside a BPD arsenal:
Photos from the BPL's Leslie Jones Collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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Red Scare...
When the own goal of Prohibition created a well armed criminal element that corrupted the police force. It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
You're welcome! (lol, jk)
You're welcome! (lol, jk)
In case it's not obvious....
Trump is running his own version of the "red scare". My how things have not changed.
If only they'd had that six months earlier ..
Could've used that gun to protect the molasses tank from the anarchists ..
or the painters
The ones who painted the tank so the leaks were not as obvious before it burst from bad design.
The real question
Could you see the profile of Ho Chi Minh in the paint?
AGENTS OF LENIN
Who would have believed that in September of 1919 the Boston Police would go on strike and they would be labeled Commies and Agents of Lenin.
bpd weapons
Judging from constant news reports who's to say they don't need them
Who's to say
Maybe the citizenry who are allegedly going to be "protected" by all that firepower? Or maybe the cops have decided that protecting themselves is the only goal.
Who won
BPD or the Bernie Bros?
Commies Shmommies!
What about the Mooninites? Did this vaunted arsenal stop them? Were they "met severely"? Hellz no! They paralyzed the city.
Since they've never been used
Since they've never been used, they should still be there in Like New condition.