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Party report

Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports on a mega-keggah on Linden Street in Allston that apparently featured sentries: When the cops showed up around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, a couple dozen people began running outside yelling "the party's over!"

Meanwhile, the Huntington News reports one Husky needed to have his scalp stapled back together after he was knocked down during a fight at a party on Symphony Road around 2 a.m. on Sept. 27.

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Who is suppling these keggers with enough alcohol to run a popular bar?

Second question: one would think they could, instead of yelling, tweet it to their party group? Buzzing pockets = time to go.

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See, now that is a sensible response to the arrival of the police, as opposed to "rushing" the cops, as we read about approximately 2 weeks ago. Of course you shouldn't be acting like an ass in a densely populated neighborhood in the first place, but at least they showed some respect (for the cops at least).

I lived for a summer in what the Boston Police used to refer to as a "chronic house" (as in they were chronically called to go there - and btw, I didn't know this until after I moved in). The way it worked (in those days - the mid-late 90s) was if the BPD got a call about a party at the house, they would show up and tell us people were complaining about the noise and that we had to tone it down. I feel obligated to point out, as there are some people who are pre-disposed to blame the cops all the time here, that the officers of the BPD were always firm, but respectful and professional, and I always, even then, thought their approach was a reasonable one). The would also warn us that if they had to come back, the would have to take some kind of action to look responsive. They were VERY clear that if they had to come back a third time, several people would be going down to D-14 with them.

Now this was in the late 90s, and I know that things (either the ridiculousness of the parties or the sensitivity of the population) have changed since then. For example, a year or so after that, Dean Ryan, who was the Dean of Discipline at BC in those days, and a former marine, started doing ride-alongs with the BPD. He was, shall we say, not a believer in the three strikes approach. As a result, you probably avoided any law enforcement action (it was and is a very good thing to avoid a criminal record) but I heard about what it was like in his office on Monday morning. Kids who thought they were tough (and who I thought were pretty tough) discovered that they did not have slightest idea about what toughness really was. 20 year old 6'4" 230 lb. young men were heard to cry and complete "community service" tasks quicker than anyone thought possible.

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evans was a great captain for the allston brighton community, he was responsible for suggesting these ride alongs. he was fair and he was always available to listen. he was doing a great job until they shipped him over to district 4?

i lived in brighton for years and the cops would do all they could to settle things quietly and without arrests. when they have to come back an second or third time somebody is getting locked up.

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At the Indiana univ phi delt house they had spotters on the roof with binoculars and walkie talkies. When the police were spotted they would radio down and the brothers would go around taking peoples drinks and handing out sodas. The beer was kept in the bike room (lil 500) that would be locked from the inside where pledges would drop beer cans through a pvc pipe in the wall. best set up ever.

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