Coolidge Corner video

adamg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:19 -0400

Kineferous was in Coolidge Corner yesterday. He took the video with his cellphone and describes (click on More Info on the right) the chaotic scene and the way so many people quickly rushed in to help after the fatal accident.

Be on the lookout for a heavyset older Russian man in spiffy new sneakers

adamg — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:51:54 -0500

Wanted for lifting a $160 pair of sneakers from a Harvard Street shop this past Saturday.

BU students: Attacked by gay bashers in Brookline, gun-wielding mugger in Kenmore Square

adamg — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0500

David Brand, a BU student, recounts an incident early Saturday on Harvard Street that still has him upset - especially since it happened around the same time as Shawn Dow's death above a bloody brawl:

... On Friday night, a group of 3 guys yelled at my friends and I when we passed them on Harvard Street.

"Fags! Hippie fags!"

Big deal. Clearly (though apparently not so clear to me when I was drunk and eager to flex my beer muscles), these kids were looking for a fight. After something, probably a beer can, struck me in the head I turned around and confronted who I thought was the leader.

Bam. Blind-sided by his friend, who unleashed a flurry of punches on my face and skull. After the "fight," we were mercifully pulled away from each other. ...

The next night, a BU student walking in Kenmore Square was robbed at gunpoint by a hoodie-wearing thug on Beacon Street:

The victim said she passed the man as he was pretending to tie his shoelace. She said she then heard him running toward her and turned to face him as he ran up behind her with his gun drawn, demanding she give him her purse.

Via the Tab's Jessica Scarpati.

Fun with road signs, Brookline edition

adamg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:08:36 -0400

Is that even kosher?