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Police say Dorchester teen was armed with both a loaded gun and a box cutter
By adamg on Sun, 02/28/2016 - 11:13am
Police report arresting a teen "known to them" who they say tried to escape police who suspected he might be armed yesterday afternoon.
Police say he was - with a Ruger 9mm handgun loaded with nine rounds and a Stanley boxcutter - and that he tried to avoid arrest by elbowing one cop and running away, only to be arrested a short distance away after a "violent struggle."
Police say gang-unit members were on patrol in the area of Talbot Avenue and Westcott Street around 12:30 p.m. yesterday due to recent gang activity when they spotted a gaggle of " juvenile males who were known to them:"
As officers approached to speak with the group, their attention was drawn to one of them in particular, a 17 year old juvenile male, who was clutching at the waistband area of his pants. One of the officers moved in close to perform a pat frisk and immediately felt what he believed to be a firearm. As soon as he made contact with the metal object, the suspect tried to strike the officer with his elbow and began to run down Talbot Avenue while still clutching at his pants.
The teen, not named because of his age, will be arraigned tomorrow in juvenile session at Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of being delinquent for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and carrying a loaded gun.
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Thanks BPD
Next time we hear about some possible police shenanigans, we should also remember that BPD deals with dangerous crap like this daily.
Thank you, officers.
Why did you put "known to
Why did you put "known to them" and "violent struggle" in quotation marks? Do you not "believe" them or something?
I put them in quotes because they are, in fact, "quotes"
"Known to them" and "violent struggle" are both phrases that were in the BPD report and happen to be something that, really, only police tend to say (they never say they just knew suspects, the suspects are always "known to them," and every struggle with a suspect is always described as a "violent struggle").
"Friendly struggle" sounds
"Friendly struggle" sounds kind of unrealistic.
What would you do? Hug them until they comply?
Oh you doubt them? Are you
Oh you doubt them? Are you actually going with them to these calls, or just quarterbacking from the safety of your home?
Serious question: how would you have handled this? Would you have easily talked a gun carrying suspect into giving you the gun without the need or force. If so, please immediately start teaching at the BPD Academy!
No irony was harmed in the making of this post
Please. I wasn't sitting here making ironic "air quotes" as I typed that post. I'm making no comment whatsoever on how the cops handled this incident, I'm just quoting what they said themselves on their very own Web site. Here's an exercise for you: Pick up a newspaper or go to a news Web site. You'll find that the reporters like to use "quotation marks" to indicate "exact quotes" from people describing events all the time. I could get into the journalism theory involved, but suspect you don't really care, so there's no sense to, as they say, "waste my breath," or, in this case, my fingers.
In the commenter's defense,
In the commenter's defense, you didn't answer the question, Adam.
How would you have handled this?
I'm not a cop and I wasn't there
So I have no idea. I do like living in a city where police officers know how to make arrests without shooting people; must take a lot of training and willpower.
How would you have handled it?
I actually am a cop, believe
I actually am a cop, believe it or not. I wrote the "in the commenter's defense" post.
To answer your question: Hopefully not that different. But you never really know. Things can go very badly very quickly out there. I think that's what civilians will never understand. I always approach every day as the day that something MIGHT go down, but PROBABLY won't.
A rookie cop can get killed on her very first shift after all.
Yes, and that was just horrible
I can't imagine what it must be like having to be on guard every single time you pull somebody over for a simple traffic violation, let alone chasing somebody clutching his waist. More credit to you.