City Councilor Chuck Turner notes the absence of sugar-cane fields in Boston and so proposes banning the giant knives.

Boston Police report arresting a pair of East Boston teens on charges they tried to slice a guy up at the Government Center T stop around 4:20 p.m. today.

The victim, in his late teens or early 20s, was slashed in the arm, but is expected to survive.

Police charged Juan Chavez, 18, of East Boston, with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and affray. Another teen, 15, was charged with disturbing the peace and affray. Both will be arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court.

Channel 5 reports the fight started inside the T station, then spilled outside onto City Hall Plaza. Channel 7 reports the pair fled toward Downtown Crossing, where they were arrested.

Machetes seem to be a preferred weapon among Eastie thugs.

BPDNews today is filled with the sort of stupid carnage you normally associate with really hot days:

A man allegedly tired of people parking in front of his house on Cygnet Street in Brighton took decisive action yesterday evening - When yet another person parked in front of his house, he started throwing bricks at his car. Police report arresting Wei Chin, 25, "after a brief struggle."

Look out, Eastie: They've got machetes in Roslindale, too. Two guys who'd been drinking steadily since 11 a.m. got into a fight around 7 p.m. when one of them began to suspect the other was fooling around with his woman. Police report he got out a machete and took a swing. In the melee that ensued, both men got cut and wound up being transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Francisco Correa, 52, of Roslindale was arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

Speaking of Eastie, police also report that a July Fourth discussion on Webster Street on the relative merits of two guys' home countries ended a bit abruptly when one of them allegedly smashed the other one in the nose with a Corona bottle. Walter E. Guillen, 23, of East Boston was arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon

Finally, a 14-year-old Dorchester lad was put in the pokey on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute - after police noticed him bicycling with a friend down Washington Street with some fireworks in his back pocket:

Both individuals were stopped and asked if they possessed any contraband to which both replied negatively. Officers then pointed out to one of the two stopped individuals that fireworks could clearly be seen protruding from his pocket. ...

Boston Police report arresting a Saugus man spotted walking down Bennington Street with a two-foot machete protruding from his pants.

Earlier:
Police stop machete-wielding thug before he can finish carving man up
Ready to rumble in East Boston.

Boston Police report officers on patrol in East Boston around 9 last night spotted a man chasing another man around Maverick Square with a machete. Before they could intervene, the attacker swung at his victim several times, opening him up in the arm and thigh. One officer used his belt as a tourniquet to help stop the victim's blood loss.

Josue Pineda, 22, of East Boston, now faces several charges, including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder.

Also last night, police responded to a shooting at 35 Harmon St. in Mattapan; the victim was taken to Boston Medical Center and is expected to live.

Note: BPDNews reports six stabbings and three shootings across the city over the weekend (most of which were not detailed on the site).

Unfortunately, for the carload of machete-wielding Sharks on the way to fight the Jets, somebody dropped a dime. Police report arresting three 20somethings armed with two machetes and their 14-year-old beer-guzzling chica after stopping their car on Gove Street.

Also yesterday, somebody got shot in Jamaica Plain and somebody else got stabbed in Brighton, police report.