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Man held on $50,000 bail for stabbing in last week's Boston Common skateboard fracas
By adamg on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 8:12am
Victor Carrasquillo, 18, was arraigned yesterday on charges he sliced up a man behind the park-ranger station on the Common during last Wednesday's rush-hour melee, during which a second man was stabbed as he allegedly tried smashing people with his skateboard.
Even if Carrasquillo, a Dorchester resident, makes bail, he won't be going anywhere anytime soon - Boston Municipal Court Judge Thomas Horgan revoked his bail on two unrelated cases, one charging him with selling pot in Dorchester last year and a Quincy breaking-and-entering case from this year, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to the DA's office:
Boston Police responded to the Boston Common Wednesday evening for a report of a fight inside the park. Once there, they located an adult male behind the Park Ranger station suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. The man was transported to Tufts Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. A witness reported seeing a group of up to 15 males chasing another man, during which one member of the group slashed the victim across the stomach.
The witness provided a description of the suspect’s clothing. Based on that description, Carrasquillo was stopped by police, and the witness positively identified him as the assailant. Images captured by a public safety camera in the area of the Park Ranger’s station depict members of the group, including Carrasquillo, chasing and assaulting the victim after the stabbing, prosecutors said.
Carrasquillo, who had stains believed to be blood on his clothing, was interviewed at Boston Police headquarters and released while the investigation continued.
Police arrested him on Gibson Street in Dorchester around 6:15 a.m. yesterday, the DA's office says.
George Moustakis, 31, of Danvers, has also been charged in connection with the brawl - authorities say he was the guy with the skateboard.
Innocent, etc.
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Seems he may have a decent
Seems he may have a decent self defense claim, at least based on the limited I know from media reports.
The skater or the stabber?
Which "he" do you mean?
If this guy was in a group of about 15 people, there is no self-defense claim to be made.
This is Massachusetts, "We
This is Massachusetts, "We don't encourage self help." -former AG Coakley
Why is his bail so high when
Why is his bail so high when other career criminals with unlawful guns get less than 10k in bail? Why the disparity?
Maybe ...
Because of the severity of his victim's injuries - the homicide unit was initially brought in because there was a question of whether he'd survive.
The victim was the one
The victim was the one allegedly assaulting him with a deadly weapon (skateboard). deadly force in response is entirely appropriate.
(This is presuming that the stabber was still being attacked with deadly force while doing the stabbing).
Not what the law says
I think we have been over this before. Read MA law on the subject.
Meanwhile, also re-read the story - If he was one of fifteen people chasing the skater, the skater was the one defending himself against a mob with knives. He has zero claim to self defense if he had fourteen other people with him and they were chasing the guy - even if he was alone and chasing the guy, no claim.
MA law allows for the use of
MA law allows for the use of deadly force, you have a higher threshold of legal protections inside your home however it can still be lawful outside of the home.
Yes, you have a duty to retreat, but we have no information either way on that. I am not saying he has a clear cut self defense claim, but it hardly appears premeditated or disproportionate force at first glance.
Massachusetts law recognizes the defense of self-defense if the person asserting that defense: (1) reasonably beleieved that he was being, or about to be, attacked; (2) used reasonable or proportional force , and (3) made reasonable efforts to avoid the use of force.
Skateboarder self defense
Mob of 15, guy swinging a knife?
Sounds like the skateboarder was retreating, and the mob and knife guy were chasing.
Forget your cowboy fantasies and skate hate, son. We gots ourselves a violent felon here.
Skate hate? I was the one in
Skate hate? I was the one in the last thread talking about being nearly 30 and longboarding at the park.
Skate hate? I was the one in
Skate hate? I was the one in the last thread talking about being nearly 30 and longboarding at the park.
This isn't Texas or Florida
Read: http://www.relentlessdefense.com/what-should-i-do/right-to-self-defense/
From your citation.
From your citation.
"Naturally, in those instances where an assailant armed with a knife, baseball bat, or gun, attempts to inflict great bodily harm to you or kill you, you would be justified in using deadly force. In those instances where an assailant, by his words, gestures or some other action – such as reaching for a weapon – gives you reason to believe that he intends to inflict great bodily harm on you or kill you, you are justified in using deadly force against him."
Abstractions are not reality
The reality: fifteen people, one with a knife, chasing a guy and stabbing him.
That isn't self defense in any known world.
I will reserve judgement.
I will reserve judgement.
My only point is that there MAY be a self defense claim to be played here. How the facts play out remains to be seen.
Because he sold drugs
Hey, how's that war going? Did Mexico stop being impoverished and violent as a direct result of our country's heavy-handedness yet, or no?
Probably because he did it in
Probably because he did it in the common too.
What, did his skateboard cast
a shadow?
Isn't 31 a little old to be skateboarding?
like to old to be playing video games and reading/collecting comic books?
Fine for a kid half his age, so I guess it explains the juvenile behavior.
Check earlier thread
We went over this.
No
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There's been a cop parked by
There's been a cop parked by Park Street every day since then. I'm glad the police are making a presence -- some sketchy stuff normally goes on there and by the fountain.
Sketchy stuff?
Know what one of the issues we have here in the city is? We get a very large influx of people whose comfort zone is the inside of an SUV on a highway, or a suburban shopping mall, not a big city. Anything not appropriately sanitized, anything or anyone not 'middle class' and similar to the people they grew up with, is 'ghetto', 'shifty', 'scary'. This applies to all so called races of 'shifty' , 'unprofessional' people.
While travelling overseas, someone asked me how they could better understand Americans: I told them that the majority of the U.S. population are raised and live in suburban areas and are not urban or city people. They're basically small town people. Most are not used to high population densities. This is particularly true of so called Middle Class, but in 2017, also applies to so called Working Class. And it applies to all so called races. A city like Boston to such people is a place to:
Go to college
Get a job / employment
Go to professional sporting events
Go to a big major hospital
Use a major airport
Go to night clubs
A city becomes almost like an amusement park, and they get upset if, in this amusement park, reality slaps them across the face.
Of course there should be adequate security (REAL law enforcement, not rent-a-mall cop , like some of the 'security' used in places like South Station, who dress almost identically like real law enforcement) on The Common, and DTX. But it seems to be an official policy sanctioned by mayor/governor for law enforcement in these areas to be low profile. $Money$? Afraid of blowback if some 'incident' occurs? I don't know. Law enforcement in Boston and MA in general is very laid back compared to other places around the country I've lived.
LOL
I remember growing up in Burlington and reading an account of somebody from suburban Essex who wanted to do some shopping. Unable to find the desired item in their hometown shopping plaza, they conceded "we'll have to try our luck on Church Street."
Somebody else in the same news story saw people who made them uncomfortable in front of the Burlington Square Mall, and, I kid you not, asked for and received an escort into the mall from a nearby police officer.
I've never once been afraid of Church St. And I'm certainly not afraid of people in Boston's downtown either. A firm "can't help you, buddy" has been a fine deterrent to every stranger who's ever petitioned me. Worked just fine with the LA panhandler who approached me in my car on my recent vacation too.
I can't imagine living my life being afraid of everybody.