Two bodies found in Brighton a day apart; editor nearly detained by police for taking photo

Massachusetts also has no test for what constitutes "press" so anything which is intended for anything remotely resembling publication, like say, a blog, is protected under a pretty iron clad journalism shield law.

You clearly have no idea of what you are talking about. In homicide investigations your camera can be seized for evidence and held until Grand Jury where you can be compelled to testify. I've seen a cellphone seized because some ghoul had to photograph a dead person. It's obvious the crime scene was blocked off, ever watch CSI?

Check out http://www.eye.fi/ - that does for your camera what your phone already can.

I also know a guy who got told by the cops to delete a picture which he did, but his camera had an "undelete last" feature.

Yeah, that's way too much to ask. I mean, even if you go to law school for years and pass the bar, you probably still don't know all the laws. We hardly have the money to send all our cops to law school. On the other hand, a "quit hassling the public" or "read the Bill of Rights" refresher course would probably do some of these guys some good.

Ditto! These aren't close at this point, I live FEET away from 1820 Comm ave. Wtf?! Should I be worried?

The dead body was covered with a sheet and was therefore unidentifiable. This renders moot any concerns that one might have that this photo might end up someplace where the victim's family will see it and come to grief.

But you are right that it may be the decent thing to do to not publish photographs of dead bodies out of respect for the feelings of the victims loved ones. However, the police have a very easy remedy for this: ASK the photographer to not take pictures, or at least not publish said pictures, out of respect for the family members. The policy have no authority to demand that someone on public property stop taking pictures of activities going on in public

I can tell you what probably happened. Random shooting. Cops show up, look for a victim, look for a perp, look for evidence. Check with local hospitals for victim. If none are found, they move on. Happens A LOT more than you realize. Listen to a Boston police scanner for a week to see what I mean.

I knew a guy who did that. While he was completely legally in the right he was morally more skeevy in that he was taking pictures of hot women at some event. Two of them complained to a cop who made him delete it but he undeleted the picture later

2 dead bodies across the street a day apart and no press at all?

no you prob. have to be somebody important..

Could anyone tell me what happened? I live next door, and saw the body. I called the police but can't get info from them. Thank you.

I live at 1960 Comm. and actually witnessed the sheet being put over the deceased's body. I had been walking my dog for 45 minutes and when I got back to my building, there were police and 2 EMTs at this point. I was told it was an overdose by folks in my building (they had heard from an offical). What was disturbing was when one of the detectives asked my husband if he had seen any homeless folks in a wheel chair recently. He basically let on that this body may have been dumped here (at 2 pm in broad daylight in front of dozens of open windows on a gorgeous day)by someone. The odd thing is, when I started out on my walk with my dog, I had heard what I thought was a dog chain clinking behind me as my Boston Terrier dragged me up the sidewalk. As I am always concerned about a bigger dog coming up behind my 12 lb pup, I stopped in a grassy area on Comm. Ave and turned to see "the dog." It was a man walking VERY quickly and pushing an empty wheelchair. I brought police to where I saw all this, but dont know if this info was really helpful, although the man did disappear down Comm Ave. So weird. What else was strang was that the body was almost lined up perpendicular to the building - with the victims head almost touching the bricks. Perfectly straight. So even if someone did dump him there, he would have had to take the time to straighten out his body perfectly, and for what reason I am not sure.

I am an Addictions Social Worker, so overdose is not exactly uncommon in my field, but when you see someone who has ended his struggle with drugs in this way, it is very sad and feels quite lonely.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for asking BPD. Somehow it will feel more like closure to know who this poor young man was, and what happenned.