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Police behaving badly

Block by Block is there (although he doesn't identify the exact location) as a uniformed Boston police officer starts yelling at Dunkin's workers because he thinks he's getting a breakfast sandwich with bacon - said sandwich actually meant for Block by Block:

... And when she tried to explain (and yes, her English, wasn't great, but totally understandable) that it didn't touch the pork (it didn't, i could see it), and second, that the pork in the micro wasn't his (he wasn't listening at this point), he called for the manager. And then when the manager type explained to him that an egg and cheese wouldn't have had any sausage touching it (this is pre-packaged Dunkin Donuts...there's nothing fresh), he disagreed, and spewed "Never mind. You don't understand. You're all idiots." ... Isn't it wonderful to know that those in charge of keeping the peace, be it from gun-wielding psychopaths, troubled teens, or tightly-wound yuppies, are themselves creating a world of hostility and discrimination? Doesn't it just encourage a love for authority? ...

Meanwhile, Fabulously Out There is still mad about the top Boston cop who said sexual assault is an East Boston courting ritual:

... How does this person expect anyone who lives here to feel safe with such a nonchalant attitude. According to the newspaper article I read he was ordered to do X amount of hours of sensitivity training. I would say the man should go work in a rape crisis center for a few weeks.

Finally, the Globe reports:

A Boston police sergeant is facing 119 disciplinary charges after an internal investigation determined the South End patrol supervisor repeatedly abused the paid detail system, police officials said yesterday. ...

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