BPD officer on leave after students at Hyde Park school accuse him of racial slurs

When the officer is criminally charged, this will be the appropriate standard. It is not the standard most people use for employment, internet message boards, etc.

And I never saw anything that justifies a grown man with a gun yelling racial slurs at children. In fact, I never saw any misbehavior there worse than what I saw in the cafeteria in my own high school. Of course, nothing could justify a city employee using racial slurs against members of the public. I know it's trumpobizarroworld we inhabit these days, but I'm of the old-fashioned opinion that people who are racist can't be cops, because the law should be enforced without bias, and they serve the whole public, not just members of their tribe.

I drive by this area every day. The kids are not only obnoxious and rude but disrespectful--of course not all of them. They cross the street without even looking, almost into my car. The language is worse than that of a drunken Irishman. They call each other the N word left and right-but that's ok, right? Running in and out of traffic. They leave trash all over that McDonald's be it at breakfast or lunch. Want a video? Ill take one tomorrow.

The manager called the police because the kids would not listen and wouldn't leave. He was doing his job. They were calling him names, up in his face. He didn't lose his shit. He went to the admin of the school to let them know how they felt about their behavior.

Kids have their phones out 24/7. If he did it, there would be a video and it would be all over the media!!! Perhaps we start taking the word over ADULTS before children this time. All I keep hearing is "they were kids... that's how they act.." If that's how you want to defend them, as acting like 2 year old's running amok-- then they need babysitters while they eat their nuggets and cross the street.

Oh but these kids/adults etc can call each other this racial slur whenever they want, where ever they choose?

How about we just flat out agree that the N word is horrible for EVERYONE to say?

For not doing your job

When someone was going to mention the proposed new campus site.

Judging from seeing students on the bus, my gut is that these kids are no worse than the kids going to CM, Roxbury Latin, or BLS. Still, this story has the potential to end with bad PR on all sides. Of course, some that have been advancing the argument that traffic and the safety of the kids is their primary concern might have their true reasons for opposing the project exposed.