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Three East Boston nightspots could have their closing time rolled back due to ongoing problems
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"Chronic problem for police"
To quote Jim Rome:
"When the going gets tough...quit."
"If at first you don't succeed...quit."
"When life hands you lemons...quit."
"If you can't stand the heat...quit."
I mean, that's what I do when I don't like a job. I pity people who have to keep one they appear to dislike.
People don't arrive at clubs until 11-ish...
...if they have to leave at 1am, that's not enough alcohol sales, putting financial pressure on the owners.. even 2am (see post below on Reggae nights) is challenging..
NYC before an increased bridge and tunnel crowd and pre-Giuliani we used to leave 4am, walk to a diner, get home as the sun came up, and never saw a fight. Not even once. It's bad now, but it's all midwesterners and spoiled rich kids fighting..
As for Pulgini
So, the restaurant has the power to subpoena people now? How on Earth does this woman have two college degrees?
Conversely
She could just revoke their licenses, which means if the bartender is telling anything resembling the truth, it would be in the owner's best interest to produce every witness. Otherwise, there's the word of the police officer against the employees of someone accused of domestic assault.
"She could just revoke their licenses"
Ain't the seasonal allergies that are making my skin crawl.
As you libertarians would say
The government giveth, and the government taketh away.
Witness intimidation
It sounds like the bartender in the first incident is scared to tell the truth, whether due to threats of losing her job or physical threats.
most telling..
(emphasis mine)
Alot of the back-and-forth and reliance on apps (!!! which never ever understand what a human can) could have been avoided had bilingual or second-language-competent officers been on duty or at the very least had a certified interpreter on call somewhere. It's not like a Spanish-speaking community just appeared out of nowhere.
BPD is usually pretty good about getting officers like that ...
To the scene. It was the initial two cops who were not fluent.
Yay maybe ill get hit by less drunk drivers now.
every damn Friday Saturday night there are drunks who crash their cars a few blocks away from those places.
So the drivers that hit you will be less drunk?
Just still too drunk?
He means there will be
He means there will be potentially fewer (not less) drunk drivers on the road. Does that solve your confusion with his complex statement?