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 tornadoes, Tropical Storm/Hurricane Irene, snow and ice storms and then Super Storm Sandy turned to grisly massacres. Children…..practically babies and the innocent people who work to educate and nurture our young people were shot and brutally killed in our neighboring community of Newtown, Connecticut.
Boston – our hometown. The Marathon with it’s rich history, local, national and global family of runners, followers and fans…………reading the list of victims, their ages, hometowns and injuries is heart wrenching.
But for the Grace of God, there go I.
I have lived, worked or played on all of these places. With people just like those killed, with a child like those lost. This is personal and I am angry and deeply sorrowful……..like so many people this day. I also believe that the resilience of Bostonians and our brothers and sisters across the nation, will not only survive but strengthen, provided we come together in solidarity behind the victims, those who keep us safe, our leaders and our commitment to freedom. I understand completely – that means different things to different people. But, it is nonetheless truth, that in the crucible of life, these differences are but particles…..details to be sorted and sifted….not mangled and torn.
I voted twice for our Governor and President. I want to state clearly and emphatically at this time that I am grateful for their steady, calm and strong leadership through these horrible events. I keep the women and men who ran to assist victims, who witnessed carnage, who are working still to bring closure to this horror – I keep them in my highest regard. For the victims and their families, may you find comfort for your pain and loss.
Light always overcomes darkness.
Your original italicized remarks mentioned “and read him his rights”, which sadly, has NOT happened due to a ridiculous exception. Otherwise very happy.
Idiotic not to Mirandize him. He is a US citizen and a local criminal, not a Taliban fighter captured on a battlefield in Afghanistan.
However, the example used here seems to involve a potential immediate threat which I didn’t see today and the question about where the gun is in the linked example doesn’t really seem like testimony against oneself anyway.
Had Suspect 1 lived, it may have been appropriate not to Mirandize to figure out where Suspect 2 was, that is clearly a ticking time bomb situation. This, not so much, just yet another example of a politicized judicial response from the US Attorney’s office. My fiancee watching the presscon with me asked who the short Latina was with a public speaking problem, and I had to go over the whole Schwartz and Whitey mess. Also I wish koutoujian got to speak, it was his home turf after all.
Some Tessie is called for
But that explains everything. You have no clue about the real Boston.
Go Big Papi!!
As far as reading him his rights, my guess is, and all of us on here are using conjecture, they were concerned about other bombs or imminent threat. I only hope it doesn’t impact prosecution.
You comment regarding the Attorney General is ridiculous. She was no worse, and maybe more well spoken, then many of those who spoke. I give them a bit of leniency, considering what they had been doing for the previous 15 hours. I did notice however, that she was referred to by her first name, Carmen, and not her title by the Governor. Others were referred to by first and last name or title. Again, I am letting it go due to what they had been through in the previous hours. Calling out the only female and Latina speaking on your part, is very interesting concerning others also used less than perfect grammar and annunciation. Using the proper word to describe her ethnicity doesn’t preclude you from being a bigot! I am surprised at you.
I shouldn’t call you a bigot. My apologies. That said, I ask you to question why your fiancée called out the only female, Latino/Latina, who spoke when she was no worse than the others, and why you felt to include that in your post? Also, why did feel the need to include it was your fiancee’s observation. Is it better when the criticism comes from another female?
Thanks for reading and giving it some thought…..eileen