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Friendly East Boston man offered toke to wrong person at Andrew station
By adamg on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 4:59pm
So this guy from East Boston strikes up a conversation with another guy sitting on a bench in the busway at Andrew station this afternoon. He's feeling mellow, gets a joint out of his right jacket pocket, lights up and offers his newfound friend a toke.
Unfortunately for the man, the guy was an undercover Transit Police officer, assigned to anti-drug duty at the South Boston station, police report.
Transit Police report the officer summoned other officers and they confiscated the man's cigarette - and the two additional bags of pot he had in his pocket. Fortunately for him, he was holding less than an ounce, so he was only issued a $100 citation, police say.
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Comments
I thought
it was a $50 citation?
The fine for smoking on MBTA
The fine for smoking on MBTA property is $100. It's illegal everywhere on MBTA property, even outside in busways and on open platforms. I don't think it matters if it's a joint or a Marlboro Light.
http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/Part...
I used to smoke cigarettes all the time at the Green Line surface stops and at the end of the open Orange Line platforms (like Mass Ave and Green St). No one ever said boo.
Is this really worthy of a public report?
How about we start publishing the names of everyone who gets a speeding ticket or runs a red light, too -- they're a lot more dangerous to other people than a guy smoking a joint on a bench. Confiscate his stash and issue a citation, sure. But now this guy has a new result on the first page of any Google search on his name by a potential employer, who may not share the Commonwealth's sensibly lax attitude toward marijuana use.
Forgive me for sounding like a Herald commenter complaining about where my taxes go, but I'd rather not pay for undercover cops to bust pot smokers. What he did is no different from buying a stranger a drink at a bar. But it's easier for cops to make worthless street-level busts instead of investigating the actual dangerous drug-dealing organizations. And too many people are still tight-asses about marijuana and just have to take any opportunity to joke about "feeling mellow" or make a clever reference to a music video. Who cares if it messes someone's life up?
What a fucking joke.
You're right about his name
I've deleted it because possession of less than an ounce is no longer a criminal act, and yes, it would be like posting the name of somebody who got a parking ticket.
But the story's still noteworthy because a) smoking is illegal in T stops, and it seems to be an increasing problem and b) Come on, he offers a hit to the guy next to him and that guy turns out to be a cop.
I'm also suspecting that given what goes on at Andrew, the cop was not there in search of pot smokers, but when something like this happens, what are you going to do, just ignore it?
$200
is what this guy should pay for breaking two laws. Use this money to staff more cops on trains to enforce other laws.
Also, there are always people complaining about the MBTA not having enough police on trains or in stations. Unmarked units can do more than marked units in many situations and this is one of them.
Here are a few lives "messed
Here are a few lives "messed up" to supply pot to users in the US last week.. From Reuters) -
"Even if someone had not chopped the heads, hands and feet off the victims first, the chances of investigators identifying the 49 bodies dumped on a road in northern Mexico this weekend would have been far from certain."
Riiiight.....
because it's Mexican dirt weed that the cartels are killing over. Not the tons of coke still coming up from SA or meth made in Mexico.
And nobody can get quality home-gown weed anywhere in New England...
I'm happy Adam posted this.
Smokers are becoming more and more lax in the way they follow rules, regulations, and laws. Remember this guy:
http://www.universalhub.com/2012/da-blue-line-ride...
I don't care if people are smoking cigarettes or cigaweed, it's nasty to have to smell any of it and effects the health of those around them. Why won't a smoker follow explicitly states rules? If one moves into a building, or stays in a hotel which prohibits smoking, those are the terms one agrees to, and is expected to follow those rules. In the case of MBTA property, smoking is prohibited, and is explicitly stated in the form of posted signs. A smoker not wanting to follow these rules can avoid them by not moving into such a building, not staying in a smoke-free hotel, and not taking MBTA vehicles to and from their destinations.
DAMMED IF THEY DO,DAMMED IF THEY DON'T
Andrew station is the epicenter of the drug problem in South Boston.When word gets out the Transit Police are doing an undercover operation the drug dealers and thieves will relocate elsewhere. The T Police are criticized all the time for not being in the stations don't they deserve congratulations for their excellent work along the Red Line.
Let me be the first
to comment on the video. How could even a Lawrence Welk act not know the context of this song? How bizarre. Check out those nutty outfits too. I used to be forced to watch this show with my parents every Saturday night until I could get away. It was really mind blowing how square (or in those days we said "straight") it was.
Clearly the whole drug
Clearly the whole drug epidemic that started in the 1960's started by children who saw too many episodes of The Lawrence Welk show.
Let's just say that it was a simpler time.
Umm...
...One Toke Over the Line...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejvcd-JeVCQ