Explosive charges against Boston police officer

With 11 counts that could amount up to 210 years in prison. Seeing that there is some doubt that they are even his (he has son on active duty), it we be unwise for any civil service/union employer to suspend anyone without pay before proving in court this person is guilty.

The kid on facebook actually threatend someone, different than possessing dangerous items. That is common with firearms as well.

Let the courts do their job? Exactly, that's why I noted innocent etc., mysteriously doesn't appear on UH when a cop is charged.

As for:

Auntie Zeituni Onyango must have planted those explosives!

You mean Obama's aunt who defied the deportation order? Nah, that would require work, which she is apparently allergic to. Still recall what she told Ch. 4's Jonathan Elias when questioned about her welfare and public housing benefits while jumping ahead of thousands of impoverished Americans on the waiting list.

“I didn’t take any advantage of the system. The system took advantage of me. I didn’t ask for it; they gave it to me. Ask your system. I didn’t create it or vote for it. Go and ask your system.” -- Auntie Zeituni Onyango

I don't use "Innocent, etc." when I don't name the suspect.

The Globe story that you link to names Officer Kirk Merricks in the first line. A distinction without a difference?

I'm not assuming a conspiracy theory. I'm also not assuming that the story, as spoon-fed to the media, is true. I've been around too long to see press releases that bear little resemblance to what actually happened at the scene, especially when the administration is writing the press release about an officer they will likely attempt to discipline. Luckily, as in both attempts to fire Dave Williams, Schroeder Plaza doesn't have the last word.

Very familiar with the Cox case. I believe justice eventually prevailed and the correct officer lost his job for good. I'm happy Kenny Conley was cleared and restored, although he may have had second thoughts on returning to police work after nearly being shot in Watertown the night the Islamic terrorists were running rampant. That's a part of the Watertown story that was under reported. As for defending minority officers, nothing new. We all bleed blue.

anon 2:46 pm, you're essentially correct with all three of your points, despite the sarcasm. Officer Merricks is a noble Boston cop who also served his country in Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

The explosives are docile as evidenced by video of officers in garden variety raid jackets, not bomb squad gear, carrying the evidence in Home Depot style Rubbermaid bins. Neighbors are told no need to evacuate. Had this been a real explosives emergency, we'd have seen the bomb squad in protective suits, robots etc. Seems like these were merely something akin to large fireworks "found" a week after July 4th and shortly after the son of the estranged wife was home from the military.

Nothing to see here? Seems like the judge agreed, setting a token $1000 bail.

Well, at least one of the politically wired new academy graduates will be able to avoid Roxbury/Mattapan and slip into Merrick's coveted A-1 (Downtown, North End) slot while Merricks goes through the BPD's disciplinary spin cycle, then drips dry.