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Man chased people around with a hunting knife on Park Plaza, police say
By adamg on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 9:54am
Boston Police report arresting a man they say was chasing people around the area of the Transportation Building on Park Plaza with a hunting knife around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
Police found John Madej, 51, of South Boston at Boylston and Charles streets after he had taken a break to check out the garbage in front of P.F. Chang's.
As officers approached the suspect, he took up a fighting stance. Officers were able to quickly apprehend the suspect, and recovered a hunting knife from his front right pants’ pocket.
Madej is scheduled for arraignment in Boston Municipal Court today on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon, according to court records. Police say he also had a warrant for failing to register as a sex offender.
Innocent, etc.
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For All of You Making Fun and Ed Flynn on DTX and the Common....
There was a lovely couple smacked out of their gourds at Chadwick Lead Works on High Street this morning at 8. Trash strewn about and a lovely smell.
Now someone is playing with knives near the Common at lunch time.
Now do you know why a lot of people aren't coming back to the office?
I tolerate the lunacy only because I have worked downtown for decades, but if downtown drives tax revenue which gives you a city sponsored puppet show in JP, what if a lot more people decide that perhaps a sub from Crow Point Pizza in Hingham for lunch than getting knifed on your way to a place on Boylston Street is better? No more puppet shows and less cops, less bike lanes, less of everything.
Nothing new
Yes, because they got a taste of life without a hellish commute on either traffic-choked highways or a crumbling public transit system, neither of which will be fixed by shifting more money to increase police overtime.
it's the other way around
People aren't going back to the office because a lot of them have no reason to go back.
People whose jobs really have to be done in person have already gone back, if they ever left--but you don't go to Downtown Crossing for car repairs or to get your teeth cleaned.
The people who don't want to return to offices in Downtown Crossing aren't clamoring for in-person jobs in suburban office parks either.
haha
As a manager who is hiring for two positions that the posting clearly says "in our Somerville office".. its amazing how many people apply and still ask "can I work remotely".
Also Vicki .. we are always on the same page *hat tip*
For some of us ...
Our employers see no reason for everyone to be in every day, and have reduced their office footprint in the city, and now have much easier time hiring because the rules are 1-2 days a week in office, living within 2 hours travel time of the office.
Saints alive! The obsession never ends.
That’s a lot of wordy words sputtering out of your brain at high noon. Just so you can throw “bike lanes” into your salad. You’ve no more brain cells than a crouton.
Just Get Back From The Senior Center?
You pissed off because they wouldn't let you have Baby Looney Tunes going in the background while you thumbed through your Jackie Collins paperbacks?
Ageism much?
Ageism much?
So now we know that you are afraid of being poor, been seen as poor, getting older, not being able to drive, etc.
Your anxiety closet is made of glass.
I don't think the conditions
I don't think the conditions at DTX and the Common have anything to do with people not returning to the office environment in Downtown Boston. People aren't returning to the office because having taken a bite of the apple they finally realize that "Work from Home" is not only possible, but preferable.
Why can't some people not admit
There's a "quality of life" downtown, and, to a degree, Boston, Metro Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States as a whole? There's an unbelievable level of drama caused by politics, extremist ideologies(left&right), masses of obviously mentally ill and drug addicted homeless, violence , random street crime. Cost of living. If I didn't know better, I'd say it's all allowed, deliberate, in order to cause chaos and societal collapse.We are being sadistically gaslighted. Don't believe your lying eyes. Not me. I believe my lying eyes.
Hmm
So it's all a vast conspiracy, then? Do tell.
A little Boston history might help
Do you know why the area bordered by Washington Street, Essex Street, Stuart Street and Tremont Street was known by locals as "The Combat Zone" and by the Boston Redevelopment Authority as the "adult entertainment district"? This Wikipedia article explains a bit of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Zone,_Boston
What I can tell you from personal experience is that although the BRA tried its best to contain it "adult entertainment" and the crimes associated with it extended beyond that area into The Boston Common and even The Public Garden.
The area where the knife threat took place was once close by the "Playboy" club and Boston's one and only Country Music club "Hillbilly Ranch". If you think these areas are dangerous now, you just haven't lived in Boston very long. It's calm compared to those tumultuous days.