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Livery driver beaten, carjacked

Boston Police tweet a "gypsy cab driver" was pistol whipped and his Lincoln stolen at the intersection of Columbus and Mass. avenues last night. Massachusetts plates: Livery 50862.

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Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
Massachusetts Ave. and Columbus Ave.
Boston
United States
42° 20' 26.0448" N, 71° 4' 54.4368" W
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Livery?

By eekanotloggedin (not verified) | Tue, 11/03/2009 - 3:02pm

"Livery" implies that the person has some sort of licensed business. I mean, not the word in and of itself, but it's used on license plates in Massachusetts as a designation for legitimate hired car services. At the risk of sounding like Will The Tulip, a person operating an unlicensed cab business is putting him at risk just like a person who picks up hitchhikers is. And no, I'm not going to go so tulipesque as to suggest that this means he deserves to get harmed, but I do think we shouldn't try to pretend as if the person was "just doing his job" when his job is illegal.

The plates

By adamg | Tue, 11/03/2009 - 3:17pm

The item refers to him as a "gypsy" cab driver, but, yeah, we're supposed to look for a car with livery plates. So maybe he has a license to run a limo but was out picking up fares.

Oh, gotcha

By eeka | Wed, 11/04/2009 - 9:18am

I didn't read the tweet (I hate tweets), so didn't realize it had livery plates. Thanks.

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