Cambridge Carnival tonight announced the cancellation of the annual festival on Sept. 8.
Based on the recommendation of Cambridge Police Commissioner Branville G. Bard, Jr., and the Cambridge Carnival Committee, the City Manager Louis A. DePasquale have agreed to cancel this year’s Cambridge Carnival. This year’s event was scheduled for Sunday, September 8.
For the past 26 years, the Cambridge Carnival has been an important cultural event for the City of Cambridge and the greater region. However, there have been increasing safety concerns associated with this year’s event due in part to the gun violence that occurred last weekend in the immediate vicinity of Boston’s Caribbean Carnival Parade.
The safety of the Cambridge community and those planning to participate in this event or any Cambridge event is paramount and will always serve as the highest priority as it pertains to making difficult decisions like this.
We greatly appreciate the community and expected participants’ understanding with this decision.
Last weekend, before the start of the annual Caribbean parade down Blue Hill Avenue, several people were shot in or near Franklin Field and Harambee Park in Dorchester, one fatally.
H/t Greg Cook and Ron Newman.
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Poor decision - other motives?
By CcC
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:10am
Poor decision by Cambridge. I attended the Boston Carnival and never once felt unsafe along the parade route. The Cambridge Police Commissioner should be ashamed for cancelling an event with a 26 year history.
That's nice for you
By Scratchie
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:10am
I wonder if Jared Brown felt unsafe before he was murdered?
Here you go
By bosguy22
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 4:43pm
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/30/citin...
(subject changed)
By b from Ros
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 7:30pm
(Looks like bosguy22 linked it...)
First paragraph:
"The organizer of the Cambridge Carnival said Friday that the Sept. 8 event had been canceled due to “reliable intelligence†that a shooting could break out at the event."
Soooo Because there was
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:15am
Soooo Because there was multiple shootings in a certain section of (Boston) , you cancel the carnival in a whole different city? That makes as much since as canceling the Ny and Miami ones as well. Sounds like lamebridge , oops I meant Cambridge just wanted any excuse to cancel smh
Event has its own history of violence
By Sc
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:34am
Look up the history - the Cambridge Carnival has a shooting or stabbing almost every year. No other annual Cambridge event has this violent history. Yes they were looking for a reason to cancel and glad they found one.
the boston carnival has a
By schneidz
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:38am
the boston carnival has a history of violence almost every other year.
the cambridge carnival had one shooting 2 years ago.
To be fair
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:10am
I heard a rumor there'd be candles.
A+ Comment
By Pete X
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:02am
n/t
Weak comparison
By Daan
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:11am
NY and Miami are thousands of miles apart. Cambridge and Boston are not an inch apart. People wanting to do violence are not going stop at the Boston and Cambridge border and say to themselves, "Oh no, we can't shoot or stab in Cambridge."
Media does not report all of the violence or gang activity. There is lot more than is reported. Enough that it can give the impression that there is a lot more violence than most folks realize.
If there was weekly published list of violence and criminal gang activity it might lend a very different picture to the city.
How many local gangs, based mainly in the city? Last time I counted between 30 and 40. Add criminal motorcycle gangs whose region is more than only the city. Add the national gang members and association between local and national gangs. There is more than most realize.
west indians in the d.r.m.
By schneidz
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:41am
west indians in the d.r.m. rarely travel up to m.i.t.
False
By Jay
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 10:28am
I know a West Indian from the DRM who work at MIT. I also know many who play basketball up there. And another’s one who plays in a flag football league near MIT. Also a number of way Indians in Cambridge who have family in the DRM.
I'm sure they have motorcycles, too
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:22am
Lots of motorcycles.
MOTORCYCLES THAT WANT TO KILL YOU.
You done with the crazy racist paranoia yet?
BPD posts stats every day
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:38pm
https://bpdnews.com/?category=Crime+Stats
Motorcycles?
By Ron Newman
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 2:05pm
I've hardly ever seen them at either city's carnival. The streets are closed to motorized vehicles for many blocks.
You're confusing your stereotypes
By anon
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 12:40pm
The "criminal motorcycle gangs" of Carribean people are kids from Roxbury scooting around on dirt bikes for funsies; they're harmless except maybe to themselves.
The "criminal motorcycle gangs" that shoot and stab people are white men, and they don't attend Carribean parades.
worcester ?
By schneidz
Wed, 09/04/2019 - 11:12am
how come worcester didnt have to cancel since it is also close by.
Way to go, dickheads
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 1:03am
Tho I am pleased that there won't be any bullshit going on in the stern, but fair city.
The Criminals Win
By Cambridge Polic...
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 5:26am
Your decision to cancel the Cambridge Caribbean parade is that sign all decision-making parties are Cowards.
Starting with your Chief who are apparently I have no confidence in his officers to maintain safety. I'm so glad the commissioner of Boston is not such a Coward.
I guess if you have a weak and effective scary police Department you make these type of cancellations.
Cambridge Police can't run forever.
Your decision shames everybody.
This is the chief that couldn
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:13am
This is the chief that couldn't figure out criminals engaging in a car to car rolling gun battle could be changed with attempted murder and not just misdemeanors a few days ago in testimony to the legislature.
The department leadership is obsessed with politics to the detriment of effective community policing and officer morale. Boston is fortunate to have excellent leadership at BPD right now in stark comparison. Gross could teach Cambridge a lot right now.
Good
By Old Groucho
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 7:25am
.
woof
By berkleealum
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 4:30pm
you're usually pretty progressive. what happened?
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By berkleealum
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 4:30pm
double post
A rare outbreak of sanity
By Charlie on the T
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:04am
Living in Central, this event has become an annual, unnecessary head ache inflicted on people who live here by people who don't.
The whole recurring gun violence sub-theme has been ignored by people who are afraid of being called racist for pointing it out. I guess the actual body count finally trumped PC sensitivities.
Last year's Cambridge Carnival was problem-free
By Ron Newman
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:39am
Yes, there was some trouble in 2015 and 2017, but none last year.
So there's been trouble twice
By Scratchie
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:46am
So there's been trouble twice in the last four years and people shot at a similar event in Boston last week?
Cancellation doesn't seem that unreasonable TBH.
Speaking as a Central Resident
By Pete X
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:12am
Living in Central, this event has become an annual, unnecessary head ache inflicted on people who live here by people who don't.
A) Have you taken a poll of people in the parade? This seems like a poor assumption.
B) For myself, I think the parade is very cool event for the neighborhood. Every once in awhile there's violence. Every once in a while there's violence at a super bowl parade too. Should we ban those too?
The Super Bowl parade is in
By Lmo
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:11am
The Super Bowl parade is in Boston, Cambridge can’t cancel it.
If we're going to generalize
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 6:07pm
If we're going to generalize about parades in the greater boston area, then the super bowl parade and st pat's day parade can't be ignored.
Who is generalizing and why?
By Lmo
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 11:32am
Who is generalizing and why?
This is regarding a specific event/parade that was cancelled by Cambridge, a separate city. Boston had a similar parade last weekend, has sports related parades and St. Patrick’s without cancelling. Why should they be included in this discussion?
Greater Boston
By Don't Panic
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 6:41pm
Is a thing.
So did the Cambridge Police tell the City Council "There Will Be Violence"?
No one said there is no such
By Lmo
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 8:22pm
No one said there is no such thing as “greater Bostonâ€. Just that Cambridge cancelling a parade has nothing to do with Boston events.
The Central Square World's Fair
By Old Groucho
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:04am
this ain't.
Glad they cancelled it.
I'm going to assume the
By Anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:23am
I'm going to assume the professionals know what they are doing and that their goal is to keep everyone safe. Might this be a gang related issue and that gangs are found in both places? Is it possible that they fear one gang will retaliate for the previous week's shooting and use the carnival as the perfect opportunity to do it?
The problem isn't the police commissioner or the city or even guns. The problem is gangs. Gang violence is a problem throughout Massachusetts. And guess what - it's coming to a neighborhood near you soon. Then we'll see who the "cowards" are.
that sux.
By schneidz
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:44am
that sux.
2 years ago there was a shooting.
4 persons were shot at the boston carnival in 2015.
i didnt hear of any shootings this year at the boston carnival.
A recent summary of the event
By Sc
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:42am
2017: shooting
2016: stabbing
2015: shooting
2014: stabbing
2018: nothing
By Ron Newman
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:24am
Last year's Cambridge carnival had no problems at all. There is no good reason to cancel this popular and joyful event.
maybe cambridge and boston police talk?
By bostnkid
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:28am
maybe they know things we dont know?
What about all those sportball/puck parades?
By anon
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:32am
What about that annual Green Beer Toxicity and Stupidity Event?
We don't cancel those because a couple of knuckleheads do the stupid.
Aw
By bgl
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:46am
Care to provide the sources of shootings, stabbings, and homicides at any of the title parades ? I'll wait - even for sources on those at the plastic paddy day parade.
the 2013 red sox celebration
By schneidz
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 4:15pm
the 2013 red sox celebration the nite they won (not the organized parade) had 2 deaths.
Lest we also forget
By boo_urns
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 4:22pm
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/12-Arrested-a...
You'll notice how they carefully craft their comments so that it's only a particular type of violence. These things are still nasty.
But, fuck, I'm not going to lie, I wanted the Cup of Lord Stanley to parade through town this year. It's just unfortunate they can be so filled with idiots like the ones in the link.
There was a killing at a Red
By Kinopio
Sat, 08/31/2019 - 1:41am
There was a killing at a Red Sox celebration but the cops were the ones who killed the victim...
3 people were shot
By Jay
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:25am
3 people were shot at J'ouvert and theres been like 7/8 shot this week.
Still this is not the worst violence the event has seen. 26 years running and they act like this is the worst year? Its not. The organizational head is running for City Council..thats why
This just shows you how
By Murkin
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 8:39am
This just shows you how Liberals can be racist too.
aww cute
By berkleealum
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:20am
i’m sure you think you’ve discovered some grand hypocrisy
"Can be" still beats
By Milwaukee Mike
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 1:50pm
"Can be" still beats "generally are as a rule of thumb." Sorry, my MAGA-hatted friend...
Racial Profiling
By you are wrong
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:08am
How is it anything else?
Since you asked so nicely
By section77
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 2:20pm
It could be that local law enforcement from both cities are aware of an on-going gang feud that resulted in a shooting in a large crowd last week, and are pretty sure things are too hot right now to throw that same party again. Just sayin.
PS: Love how the People Republic of Cambridge is now getting talked about like the trump White House.
Don't blame them
By Scauma
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 9:08am
Those carnivals are magnets for violence because it gets people from different gangs/areas into the same compact location. Violence is inevitable, even if it doesn't happen every year.
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