didn't think a baby being hurt was a big deal before I had one- I don't mean that when I say that I feel "differently" now... you know what I mean.

That's what I still call Roslindale's business district, rather than "the village." :-).

Do baby buggies still have rubber bumpers?

"The officer, who was driving north on Center, was making a left onto Seaverns when he brushed the baby carriage and it tipped over, according to a police report."

Of course, the officer did not brush anything, his car "brushed" (people usually say "hit") the baby carriage.

The effect of trying to minimize these events with misleading language is that people learn to distrust their own police departments.

The Globe could have called the mother and asked her to describe the event and provided that information too.

What we have here is an accident, a collision between a police car and a pedestrian. Cars must yield to pedestrians in the road, even if the pedestrian is crossing unlawfully. There is no mitigating circumstance of the officer being on route to an emergency, I.E. officer down.

It will be interesting to see if the policeman is disciplined by the department or whether the BPD enables this by brushing it under the rug...

the rationalization for which would go something like this, cops put their lives on the line to protect citizens so if one accidentally runs over a baby in a stroller then he's earned the right not to face disciplinary action.