corruption

Adam posted earlier about Ed Davis swearing that lying will get you "fired". It may sound familiar.

Circa July 2009:

The words an officer writes down in a police incident report, the statements an officer makes to Internal Affairs investigators, the sworn testimony an officer gives to a grand jury or in court - it has to be truthful or else, Davis says. “The penalty will be termination, no matter the officer’s reputation. First one - and you’re out.’’

Circa today:

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis will fire any officer convicted of perjury or shown to have lied during internal department investigations

Inquiring minds would like to know what happened to Patrick Wood, author of Jamaica Plain Babies Pushed Into My Cruiser. Also, what happened to Rance Cooley, author of Criminals I Recognize?

Kevin John Sowyrda wonders:

...what exactly would it take for the upper chamber of the Great and General Court to expel one of their own for actions unbecoming a member of the Commonwealth’s not so elite, 40-member club?

Meanwhile, Wilkerson, indicted on numerous federal criminal charges, continues to collect pay as a Massachusetts senator. At $58,237 per year (roughly the fourth-highest legislative salary in the Union, not including the $10-100 per diem when away from the statehouse). That's around ten thousand dollars; your tax dollars at work.

Right now, there are many police cruisers, both marked and unmarked, parked on Avenue Louis Pasteur. A large number are parked illegally, either in no-parking zones, bus stops, and even blocking crosswalks (in front of Boston Latin, a school zone.) This is an area where both the MBTA and MASCO run a large number of shuttles and need all the room they can get just make the turns. The State Police, Northborough, Danvers, and Boston were among the 'representatives' who showed up with marked cruisers. The unmarked cruisers and personal vehicles had various "I'm a cop" signs- raid jackets in windows, ticket books on dashboards, radios left in plain sight, or emergency lights.

They are attending a conference in Harvard Med's New Research Building, held by IACP, regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods. IACP is a police chief association, so there are probably a bunch of chiefs amongst these lawbreakers. Of note- there are multiple pay lots within 1-2 blocks, and public street parking within a few blocks.

Update: photos from twheaton. More welcome, especially showing plates and the signage showing they're illegally parked.

Sco supports the idea of a subpoena-issuing Ward-Commission like investigative body to look at the Big Dig, but he wonders:

... The question remains, is there anyone left in Massachusetts who is both politically savvy enough to take this on and politically independent enough to make sure no responsible party is spared?