Question: Why was Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, and Boston locked down when authorities didn't bother to check a covered in boat in a backyard a half mile from where the suspect fled on foot? Was it all for show? David … [Read more...]
Archives for April 19, 2013
Got him!
Fantastic job by all law enforcement officials for taking their time, waiting, securing the site, and capturing the suspect alive without firing a shot. Hopefully we can get some answers. Our week-long nightmare is over. Let's reopen our … [Read more...]
I am Boston
Like many who post and visit this extraordinary blog....I am Boston. Over the past nearly two years, our people and our state have had what feels like several rounds in the big ring at Boston Garden. The natural disasters including … [Read more...]
Weekly Revue
Cambridge proudly marches forward
I graduated in 2006 from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the only public high school in Cambridge. Apparently, so did suspect #1. As this awful day unfolds, we are going to be hearing a lot about these two, who they were, what they … [Read more...]
Democratic Dispatch – Post Bombing Issue
My regular Thursday night routine is to write the Democratic Dispatch. As I was reviewing my e-mail for information to include, it reminded me of the emotions of this week; I was thinking about what I should say to readers. And then I … [Read more...]
Friday Open Thread
Post away about whatever may be on your mind. … [Read more...]
Out of control hysteria
We are talking about one man, presumably wounded. I am far more concerned, verging on freaked out, by uniformed and heavily-armed police using "public safety" as an excuse to impose immediate martial law. I'm as concerned about the … [Read more...]
Globe: MIT police officer killed; one possible Marathon suspect captured; other at large in Watertown
In a bizarre and newly tragic series of events, one MIT police officer reportedly has been shot to death tonight, after which there was apparently a carjacking, a car chase into Watertown, a shootout, another officer injured, one suspect - … [Read more...]