Big Jump In Arrests At This Year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
BOSTON (CBS) – Arrests were up significantly at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston this year.
Boston police took 32 people into custody Sunday, compared with just six in 2012.Now, my first thought was where it was a Sunday, more folks had it off, but last year St. Patrick's Day was on Saturday. Why is there a more than five-fold increase in arrests from last year to this year? A closer read of the story reveals this:
More than 300 people were issued citations for public drinking.And we find that 244 were cited in 2012, and 148 in 2011... Why, it's almost like they discovered that there was gold in handing out citations for drinking! And, surprise of surprises... When the police go out and actively seek out people to ticket for public drinking, they find more crimes being committed...
Maybe they ought to start ticketing gang bangers for illegal gun use?
That is all.
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If they did that then they would wind up with EBT cards being used to pay the fines and bail , which doesn't actually raise any new $$$
NotDilbert
I can't figure this out as cops are inherently lazy (most of them anyway) and look for an easy out. But getting illegal guns off of the streets - "Oh, the horror." That means someone would have to do their job and they tell us "Don't tell me how to do my job."
The other folks who know damn well to do this want to claim anything from racial profiling to outright gun bans because doing their easy cushy job and not be accountable is really what is preferred.
If they went after the bangers, they might get SHOT... tickets for drinking is easy peasy...
Let's see, just back from Key West where there is lots of public drinking. People walking down the street with "go-cups" full of evil alcohol.
No violence to report. In fact, you could walk into one bar with a drink from another, no big deal.
So what are they afraid of in Boston?
Use to be only hoods rolled drunks for their money. Guess Boston didn't like a "revenue flow" going to someone else's pockets.
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