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The most wonderful time of the year ... for a bank robber

By JohnAKeith - 12/24/11 - 3:44 pm

If it's December winter, it's bank robbery time in the South End.

Tweet, this past Thursday:

December 22, 2011: 12:25 p.m., @stacos In Progress - Bank Robbery - 540 Tremont

Earlier:

February 5, 2010: @Boston_Police BANK ROBBERY: Hingham Institute for Savings at 540 Tremont St, Bank Robbery Task Force requested to scene.

Earlier:

December 10, 2008, December 2, 2008, January 28, 2008, January 24, 2008: South End News Hingham Institution for Savings Bank robbed again

We Occupy because of what we know

By Anonymous - 10/22/11 - 2:09 am

    Rise Up! We Are The 99%!!
    with permission © Charles Bivona
  1. We know that U.S. society has become fundamentally unequal. We know, though we may not all know the exact numbers, that the top 1 percent of income recipients receives almost 25 percent of all income in the society (including capital gains), and the top 10 percent receives almost 50 percent.
  2. We know, though we might not be able to quote the figures precisely, that between 1950 and 1970, for every additional dollar made by those in the bottom 90 percent of income earners, those in the top one hundredth of one percent received $162 dollars. But that was back when things were more equal! Between 1990 and 2002 for every added dollar made by those in the bottom 90 percent of the population, those in the top one hundredth of one percent made an additional $18,000.
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Boston crime report shows increase in homicides, overall crime down

By JohnAKeith - 6/22/10 - 2:15 pm

The overall level of crime is down 5.6 percent so far this year when compared to last, according to the Boston Police Department. Unfortunately, homicides in the city increased; there have been 29 murders so far this year, compared to 24 at this time, last year.

The semi-regular Crime Reported by the Boston Police Department report is up on the BPDNews website is out with data covering the period January 1 - June 20.

The breakdown of changes between the years, below. (Or, you could just click through for the PDF.)

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IACP: we park wherever we please

By Brett - 7/17/08 - 10:12 am

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.