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Man swings crowbar at Boston firefighter who caught him trying to break into his car outside Back Bay firehouse, police say
By adamg on Mon, 09/23/2019 - 3:40pm
Boston Police report a firefighter leaving the Boylston Street fire station Sunday morning narrowly avoided having his head cracked open with a crowbar swung by a guy who was initially using it to try to break into the firefighter's car.
Police say the off-duty firefighter left the station shortly after 8 a.m. and spotted the guy using the crowbar - from the back of another firefighter's pickup - to try to get into his car.
The victim stated he confronted the male and asked him what he was doing. The victim stated the suspect then fled the area while the victim and two other firefighters gave chase. During the pursuit, the suspect stopped and swung the crowbar at one of the firefighters, just barely missing his head. Eventually, the suspect was apprehended. One of the victims stated the suspect had removed the crowbar from the bed of his truck which was parked in front of the firehouse.
Police say the firefighters chased Fernando Arroyo, 44, to Stoneholm Street and Edgerly Road, on the other side of Mass Avenue, where police caught up with him.
Arroyo was charged was assault with a dangerous weapon, malicious damage to a motor vehicle and stealing motor-vehicle parts.
Innocent, etc.
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My god! What's going on here?!?
People are getting crazy! Glad that the firefighter is okay, and didn't get hit in the head with the crowbar.
This is what
Thievery. Thieves will avail themselves of tools they find that honest people don't consider a problem. The firefighter doubtless had a legitimate use for the crowbar he left in the bed of his truck. The thief sees it and decides to use it for his own purposes. Unfortunately, it means honest people have to consider the thinking of dishonest ones, and not make things easier for them. Don't leave ladders outside your house. Don't put a spare key under the doormat. For God's sake, don't leave your car running while you pop into the store or whatever.
What Does DA Rachel Rollins Have to Say?
Is this on DA Rachel Rollins’s “Do Not Prosecute” list? She’ll probably prosecute the firemen and charge them with a hate crime for violating the shitbag’s right to break into cars.
Slow Clap
you are almost ready to work for Fox News.No allusion to making America Great Again.
8/10
I Don’t Get It
I’m ready for Fox News because I’m repeating what DA Rollins already told us? That there are particular crimes that she will not prosecute people for committing? She said that.
Liar
Where did Rollins say she wouldn't prosecute someone for breaking into a car? Provide a cite. Put up or shut up, sockpuppet.
Here. Maybe read the list....
...and take a few deep breaths, then try and understand that "arrest" and "prosecute" are not the same things. I'm sure a stable genius like yourself has never been a minor in possession of alcohol, or ever been worthy of a disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct charge. How are all the knuckle draggers out there so dumb as to not realize almost all of us have done something or been responsible for some of the behavior on this list, and that such petty offenses do not warrant a punishment of say, never being able to get a decent job for the rest of time. Or do they not realize that the inability to get a decent job might lead to...oh, i dunno...more crimes committed?
You've got a point
She said she'd not prosecute a specific list of minor crimes...so clearly attempted murder is like the same thing.
Close your mouth when you breath. The drool is making the slope of your forehead slippery.
[insert eyeroll emoji]
What's the term for when someone's both attacking a strawman and beating a dead horse? "Attacking a dead strawhorse" just doesn't seem to have the right ring to it.
I suppose you could be a terrible person, or just a
really dumb person, possibly both. But in either case, the Herald's comment section, where hateful right-wing mouth-breathers are the norm, is over thataway.
Show me on the doll
Where did Rollins hurt you?
When she told the voters that
When she told the voters that she has a list of crimes she won’t prosecute. In her defense, she told the voters the truth, that she wouldn’t do her job. Shame on the voters for electing her. She’s hurting all of us.
Maybe you can point me to where assault
by means of a dangerous weapon is on her do-not-prosecute list?
Take your imaginary grievances elsewhere, dumbass.
The worst part is he got 31
The worst part is he got 31 other people to think like he does.
AS he does.
AS he does.
The worst part is he got 31
The worst part is he got 31 other people to think like he does.
That would be better if you
That would be better if you replaced -like- with -as- and I could maybe relax a little bit.
Like chill, dude
.
https://rollins4da.com/policy
https://rollins4da.com/policy/charges-to-be-declined/
There's like no overlap between this case and Rollins' list. So confused.
For people attacking Rollins like
the cowardly shit-poster Carmella, here's what Rollins the candidate proposed as her do-not-prosecute list:
She goes on (on her campaign website, https://rollins4da.com/policy/charges-to-be-declined/ ) to say:
"Instead of prosecuting, these cases should be (1) outright dismissed prior to arraignment or (2) where appropriate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which community service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory or engagement with appropriate community-based no-cost programming, job training or schooling is satisfactory. In the exceptional circumstances where prosecution of one of these charges is warranted, the line DA must first seek permission from his or her supervisor. If necessary, arraignment will be continued to allow for consultation with supervisor. Thus, there will be an avenue for prosecuting these misdemeanors when necessary but it will be appropriately overseen by experienced prosecutors. Note: this is essentially already happening for drug possession cases in Roxbury and Dorchester District Court."
The loon-with-a-crowbar is being charged with: Malicious Damage to a Motor Vehicle, Assault by means of a Dangerous Weapon, and Stealing Motor Vehicle Parts.
So STFU with your fake complaining, you hateful dolt.
A couple of things that I disagree with on this list:
A) Shoplifting should be prosecuted, not neccarily with a jail sentence, but that the offender(s) should be compelled to do some restitutionary services (i. e. some community service) in order to pay back the money for replacement of merchandise for the business(s) that the offender(s) have shoplifted from. Shoplifting, in itself, is a crime, which could cause the loss of one's scholarship if they have one. Also, shoplifting also forces business owners/proprietors to raise the prices on their merchandise each time it occurs. If shoplifting occurs enough times, it could force a business or business to fold, because people will no longer buy their merchandise at the business(s) in question.
B) Malicious destruction of property, theft: Yes, that, too, should be prosecuted, by the offender(s) being forced to do restitutive services.
The point of my post is to show that the Herald
comment-section refugees attacking Rollins here are dead effing wrong in this instance. What a surprise to see they're too chickenshit to admit it when it's spelled out for them.
You'll notice that the campaign stance leaves plenty of room for discretion on whether to prosecute any of these crimes: it's not a blanket "never prosecute ever". But it does require an ADA to refer a case they believe is worthy of prosecution to get approval from a more senior colleague.
IANAL, but most of these crimes look like misdemeanors to me. I tend to agree that in the case of felonies (as in felony malicious destruction of property vs. misdemeanor wanton destruction), I would hope to see more referrals for prosecution. I'd be curious to see how carefully Rollins's campaign promises are being carried out in current practice.
if you actually read the posted list
you would see in regards to your "A" point that instead of criminally prosecuting, they are diverting the cases to civil offences and punishments like community service and restitution JUST AS YOU DESCRIBE. READ. Again, READ "the list", its all there in neatly arranged groups of letters that carry meaning.
Aside from fear-mongering racist Faux-News trolls i really don't understand how sensible people do not get how her policy works. They don't just give shoplifters a pep-talk and send them on their way. They GET arrested. They GET booked. Then they get punishments as stated. They just don't get convicted of crimes which would show up on a CORI and ruin a person's life.
Oh wait, right, they've never LOOKED at the policy. I keep forgetting.
Pretty extensive list.
Pretty extensive list.
What the list shows is that
you're a liar, an idiot, or both. Now go back to the right-wing media bubble where you belong, and never darken our towels again.