Transit Police report a guy taking up "too many seats" on an Orange Line train refused to yield any of the seats, which another guy tried to solve by whipping out a box cutter as the train pulled into Back Bay and slicing him twice in the chest around 3:30 p.m.
The alleged manspreader was taken to a local hospital with what police said were "superficial wounds" and a strong desire to say nothing to police, while the alleged ragee fled upstairs with a woman companion and ran across Dartmouth Street.
Orange Line service was halted as Transit and Boston officers raced to the scene. The train was taken out of service and driven to the Wellington yard for a closer look by detectives.
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Will they comb it for perps
By Rwgfy
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 4:13pm
Will they comb it for perps DNA?
Not sure
By boo_urns
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 11:05pm
However, unlike the old cars, the new ones are equipped with cameras, much like buses are now. Wouldn't be surprised to see requests for info with still shots from TPD in the near future.
Then there were 7
By Waquiot
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 4:18pm
I don't want to minimize the seriousness of the stabbing, but we are now down to less than half the number of trains that were running this time last year. With the old trains, at least there were spares, but not so much with the new trains.
Best wishes for a quick and full recovery of the victim, that the perpetrators are caught, and for the return to service of the 1200 series trains.
Then there were 11
By HenryAlan 2.0
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 3:17pm
According to NE Transit, the MBTA has 74 new Orange Line cars available for service, which works out to 12 trains total. So if one is removed, that leaves 11, which is more than they have been typically using of late.
http://roster.transithistory.org/
But only 7 in service (when I wrote)
By Waquiot
Thu, 01/26/2023 - 6:55pm
I've taken to visiting this site to see how many trains are in service.
And checking to get the link, it's 7 again, so where the other 5 are is a mystery. Better call the Hardy Boys.
What is the proper procedure for train operators?
By anon
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 8:08pm
If there is a stabbing or a shooting on a train is the operator supposed to keep the doors closed so the suspects can't escape or is the operator supposed to immediately open the doors allowing the suspects to escape hoping that the bad guys will no longer be a threat to the other passengers.
Seems like keeping the door
By NoMoreBanks
Thu, 01/26/2023 - 8:06am
Seems like keeping the door closed is a lot more dangerous since it locks people in with a violent crazy
There is no such thing
By anon
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 9:08pm
There is no such thing anymore as new trains for us Orange Line regulars. Let's call them defective superseding trains. And already dissected in a chop shop to boot. They are no longer new. They are cheap and stupidly designed. Stop leaning on that button people! The ridges on the console in the corners aren't stopping me from claiming a makeshift seat with my ass cushioned with my yoga mat.
Not a jury in the Boston
By Matt
Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:37pm
Would convict.
Sic semper _________
By Tim Mc.
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 8:58am
(My Latin is rusty -- what's the dative plural for "manspreader"?)
There is probably one
By Matt
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:18am
Manspreading was a common occurrence in the Roman baths.
Channel 7 News last night
By Don't Panic
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 12:09am
Channel 7 News last night reported it as two teens but then they added the cutter fled with a woman. Kind of confusing that last part; Was it his mom?
Or ...
By adamg
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 12:25am
He was 18 and she was 20. Or something like that.
18 or 19?
By Sock_Puppet
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 6:41am
Is teen: 13-19
Is adult: 18-N
Fucked around
By Friartuck
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 6:04am
And found out
You can’t use the term
By Tipsdown
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 6:12am
You can’t use the term manspreader anymore. How do you know they identify as a man?
It's gender neutral
By BostonDog
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 6:23am
Take up more then one seat and you identify as a manspreader.
man, this gender stuff
By berkleealum
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 7:56am
really has some of us very confused
Most notably
By relaxyapsycho
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 8:39am
The men shoving ketchup popsicles in their arse in an attempt to "have a period". Confused, indeed.
No one is doing that
By BostonDog
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 9:31am
And no schools are putting out kitty litter.
People on Uhub need to stop having these "discussions".
totally a real thing
By berkleealum
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 1:27pm
that should be taken seriously.
I should have guessed from the user name
By adamg
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 2:51pm
But bye, sweetums. There are plenty of places on the Web you can get all faux-outraged about man-hating M&Ms and other things that aren't happening.
Of all the things men put up there ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 5:08pm
This is a very harmless fetish of zero interest to society given what my ER nurse relatives tell me they pulled out this week.
Just any excuse to be transphobic, huh?
By fungwah
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:01am
Kind of amazing that people asking for some dignity and respect causes so many other people to want to show their ass at every opportunity they can find.
The left has created this
By Tipsdown
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:17am
The left has created this Frankenstein, now they can’t control it.
Things right wing morons say
By anon
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:25am
Things right wing morons say when they don’t understand the political compass.
No
By BostonDog
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 10:39am
People have created this nonexistent character for them to attack. This "liberal" boogieman doesn't exist except for the mind of certain media personalities and politicians.
Look at this thread. NO ONE claimed the term "Manspreading" was offensive or needed to be changed. Instead, someone "jokingly" responded to something which wasn't said. And others used that as a cue to attack other requests which are fairly reasonable when taken in context.
And no one person on the "left" speaks for everyone on that side, trans or otherwise.
Frankenstein was the creator
By mg
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 12:26pm
Not the created.
Frankenstein
By Scratchie
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 1:09pm
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Tipsdown is now Tipsblocked
By adamg
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 2:56pm
You can probably figure out why, but there are plenty of other places on the Web to let your inner paranoid out.
A need to make bleed?
By Daan
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 2:31pm
Was the train car SRO? Was the seated fellow preventing other folks from utilizing one of the seats? Or did the fellow occupying more than his fair share simply wind up being a catalyst for a person who was looking for a target to attack?
That the assailant was carrying a box cutter makes me think the guy was looking for any reason to be violent.
That of course raises the question of why does he need to be violent? It also helps make the case for tight regulation of other weapons. If we are willing to support a society that produces people who are raging then we need to protect ourselves from the inevitable.
Nonsense
By Tim Mc.
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 2:50pm
The manspreader should have been carrying a boxcutter himself so that he could defend against the attack.
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