Two 18-year-olds and a younger teen were arrested at Mattapan station Sunday afternoon after they allegedly beat up two men - one who asked them to stop smoking on a trolley and one who tried to break up the fight - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Kevin Jones and Joshua Venter, and a teen too young to have her name released, were arrested on charges of assault and battery on an elder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - shod foot - assault and battery and disorderly conduct on a public conveyance following the 5:35 p.m. incident, the DA's office reports.
Transit police responded to Mattapan Station for reports of an individual being assaulted. Upon arrival, officers were notified that a group had attacked two MBTA passengers and had fled on foot. One of the victims informed officers that he observed Venter shouting at the other victim, 63, after he asked Venter to stop smoking on the trolley due to there being a passenger on board with a baby. As they exited the trolley, Venter and Jones punched the first victim with closed fists. Venter, Jones and the juvenile then attacked the second victim when he tried to intervene. Video captured by a bystander showed Venter, Jones and the juvenile stomping and kicking the second victim, who had visible lacerations on his head, lips, arms and knees.
The second victim followed Venter, Jones and the juvenile when they left the station and helped police identify them as they walked along Blue Hill Avenue.
Innocent, etc.
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Even hearing about this
By Tim Mc.
Wed, 04/19/2023 - 10:39pm
I'm still going to tell people to stop smoking in enclosed public spaces. I don't tolerate that shit.
I got told off by a smoker
By Boston_res
Wed, 04/19/2023 - 11:01pm
I experience all of these symptoms when I'm around a smoker https://www.healthline.com/health/allergic-to-ciga... . Even if the person isn't smoking but has smoked recently I'll start feeling some impact from the tobacco burning. I asked some guy in South Station to honor the no smoking sign and he yelled that I wasn't going to get cancer from one cigarette, called me a Karen, and said that he's homeless and should be allowed to smoke in public (...the T is private property...). Behavior on the T has gotten worse recently. I've started walking everywhere that I can because of things like this.
I’ve been told off many times …
By Lee
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:34am
… by smokers who don’t like me telling them to take their smoke elsewhere or to pick up the cigarette they just tossed on the ground. So many of them are rude and obnoxious. Once in a while one apologizes and puts the cigarette out or picks up their trash.
Most smokers have absolutely no clue how far their toxic smoke travels or how much they stink. They don’t believe it when told because they are nose deaf. Or they believe it but their drug takes precedence over everything else. Even though non offensive means of getting their fix exist.
You sure that wasn’t swirls?
By robo
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 9:07am
Did she start saying she makes too much money an hour to waste her time on you too?
Oh, cute
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 8:39pm
I'm not going to pay rent on that space in your head, honey. Not even a security deposit.
Beware the reaction you
By anon
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:53am
Beware the reaction you provoke.
That goes for ciggie smokers, too
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 8:41pm
I asked someone to stop smoking on the platform at Harvard many years ago. I was pregnant. Guy was a complete ass.
Ended up throwing up as a result of the stench ...
Well as long as you're
By anon
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:54am
Well as long as you're willing to take the risk.
I recall another uHub story like this from some years
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 12:59am
ago. We're now approaching the Clockwork Orange phase of this horrible timeline: everyday violent sociopathy by teens in public. Small comfort that in the Commonwealth, we don't shoot strangers that ring the wrong doorbell. Yet.
Make 'em disappear
By necturus
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:39am
Once they're arrested. they should never be seen again. Send them to some island in the Aleutians to break rocks for the rest of their lives.
I am against the attempts to
By Anon
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 6:39am
I am against the attempts to make smoking completely illegal , I think those are too strong handed. I do think as a society we need to simply just enforce current laws better. Smoking is a huge example, I see almost zero enforcement of smoking issues.
For instance this BS with people smoking right in front of building entrances. So the smoke just blows inside or you need to pass a veil of smoke to enter.
Yes, we have some perfectly good laws …
By Lee
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:42am
…. and regulations to protect people in public spaces. They just have no teeth.
World class. Just like London
By Rwgfy
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 6:41am
World class. Just like London save for smoking on subway and beating up parts.
London didn't always take it seriously
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 8:45pm
They have good reason to enforce the smoking ban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire
Smoking on the T
By anon
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:20am
Last week a student at Roxbury Community College was attacked and beaten after telling youths to stop smoking dope in front of children on an orange line train. The dope smokers followed the student out of the station and beat him senseless and sent him to the hospital. MSP is investigating the assault.
It never gets old!
By Rwgfy
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:55am
It never gets old!
last week? link to story?
By Jeff F
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 5:51pm
couldnt find anything like that with a moderate search. could you offer link please?
life pro tip
By SharpWave
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 7:33am
Unless someone is being violent or threatening violence it's usually best not to try to criticize or correct other people in public. You might be wrong, they might be crazy.
But, It just might be a
By John
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 8:05am
But, It just might be a lunatic you're looking for?
Smoking where it harms other people…
By Lee
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 8:12am
…. is an abusive violent act.
You never know how it will turn out
By Gary C
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:05am
I feel for the guy who asked the other to stop smoking. One time I was on a crowded bus in San Francisco. A couple of guys were sitting, eating takeout. When they finished, they opened the window and tossed out their food bag and all the remnants. I was boiling mad. Assessing the situation, I tried to stay calm and just said, "Not cool, man". He told me to fuck off and got off at the next stop. He could have gone crazy on me, so I guess I got lucky.
Geren Line & Maverick Station
By Raymie
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:12am
One evening got on a one car train at Boylson St, train reeked of pot from a smoker standing on the middle of the car. Driver did nothing.
Yesterday, while waiting for Blue Line at Maverick, a young person comes next to me and lights up a joint. I looked at them and said 'Are you joking?'. They did move to another location.
What is the function of the Red Jackets? Don't stop fare evaders or smokers.
They are T ambassadors.
By Lee
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:38am
They aren’t security or transit police.
I imagine one of their duties is to alert Transit Police.
I feel sorry for them sometimes.
Transit police…
By BenHa
Fri, 04/21/2023 - 8:23pm
kind of conspicuously absent from many of these stories.
Obviously, we can’t expect the police to be everywhere at all times. But, what would it take to ramp up their presence on the T - a few tens of millions per year?
Imagine if transit cops actually walked the beat in T stations and on trains. Do they?
Star Trek fans
By jmeltzer
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:20am
know what wearing red jackets means.
On Babylon 5
By necturus
Thu, 04/20/2023 - 12:01pm
...the security people didn't wear red shirts, but they all had uniforms with little targets on their chests.
Their chief was named Garibaldi, after a nineteenth century Italian nationalist leader whose movement was called the Red Shirts.
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