Getting Tough on Crime - Massachusetts Style
To show they mean business when it comes to keeping the people of Boston safe from violent criminals, the Boston Police Department has this bold plan in the works:
In Massachusetts, this is called right-wing extremism.
And that's not even the worst of it.
Their defense:
I call bullshit. A little panic might have saved the second victim from being similarly attacked.
Multiple armed assailants abduct, beat, and viciously rape a woman and the police feel that's insufficient information to warrant any kind of public notification? What the hell are they smoking and did they bring enough for the whole class?
The way I see it, they were hoping for a quick arrest so they could keep it under wraps. I mean, you wouldn't want to risk shattering the mayor's pipe dream that this is a "safe city" and all. I gotta award them points based on level of difficulty though - it must be hard to have their heads simultaneously up their ass and buried in the sand.
Yesterday, a police official said the department is so concerned about the assaults that it plans to extend the hours to obtain a license to carry pepper spray so that women who work during normal business hours can apply.
In Massachusetts, this is called right-wing extremism.
And that's not even the worst of it.
Boston police yesterday defended their decision to delay warning the public that a college-age woman had been kidnapped, pistol-whipped, and raped by a pair of men at gunpoint until a second, similar attack eight days after the first.
Their defense:
"At that point, it's an isolated incident and we were investigating it as we would any rape, with confidence and in deference to the victim's privacy," Deputy Superintendent Margot Hill, the commander of the Boston Police Department's Family Justice Division, said through police spokeswoman Beverly Ford. "When we realized there were some similarities we immediately stepped forward with the information."
Hours later, Hill modified the explanation for the delay in notification, saying that the department did not have enough information about the first assault and did not want to unduly panic the public.
I call bullshit. A little panic might have saved the second victim from being similarly attacked.
Multiple armed assailants abduct, beat, and viciously rape a woman and the police feel that's insufficient information to warrant any kind of public notification? What the hell are they smoking and did they bring enough for the whole class?
The way I see it, they were hoping for a quick arrest so they could keep it under wraps. I mean, you wouldn't want to risk shattering the mayor's pipe dream that this is a "safe city" and all. I gotta award them points based on level of difficulty though - it must be hard to have their heads simultaneously up their ass and buried in the sand.
