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Police: Two officers injured subduing Connecticut parole violator on Boston Common
By adamg on Sat, 11/19/2016 - 11:23pm
Boston Police report two officers suffered head and knee injuries while trying to arrest a man they first stopped to talk to because he was smoking on the Common, which is illegal.
According to police, the officers learned while talking to Joseph Demaio II, 31, of New Haven around 5:40 p.m. on Friday about his smoking that he was wanted for a Connecticut parole violation:
When the officers attempted to place the suspect in custody, a violent fight ensued which resulted in injuries to both officers. As the officers struggled to place the suspect in custody, a crowd began to gather around them, screaming at the officers while filming the incident on their cellphones.
Additional units quickly arrived on scene and the combative suspect was eventually placed in custody.
Demaio suffered minor cuts. He's scheduled for arraignment on Monday on two counts of assault and battery on a police officer with injuries and disturbing the peace, as well as for his parole violation.
Innocent, etc.
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Disturbing the *peace., not
Disturbing the *peace., not police
Question?
It is illegal to smoke on the Common or in Park street station. When officers try to enforce the law they are attacked and surrounded by video voyeurs who will file an internal affairs complaint. Why would you risk your life and job whether you are working on the common or the subway trying to enforce unenforceable laws such as smoking, pot smoking, fare jumping, or public drinking? Politicians love to pass unenforceable laws so they look like they are crime fighters but when a tragedy such as the death of Eric Garner in New York occurs because a guy was selling cigarettes they are quick to blame the police who they sent out to enforce these stupid laws.
They talked to him about smoking,
then found out he had a parole violation out of New Haven,CT,and of course proceeded to arrest him, which he violently resisted.
I'm a Boston Cop and I'll TRY
I'm a Boston Cop and I'll TRY to answer this. Why risk your job and sometimes life? Because we have to. The politicians won't do it. The angry mob surrounding the officers definitely won't do it.
And someone has to.
I've been in a really, really tough situation as a cop and was also surrounding by an angry, camera recording mob. It was very scary. I was trying to focus on the criminal, who was armed with a gun, but also had to keep my eye on the dozens of people yelling insults at me and recording me.
It was one of the scariest moments of my entire career.
Thank you, Officer
I am a resident of Boston. I am grateful for the police, and I appreciate their enforcement of municipal ordinances. Those rules seem minor, but they are significant for quality of life, particularly on the Common.
My thanks to Officer Anonymous. Many of us appreciate your work. If we're passing by, we'll have your back, not take pictures of your efforts.
That said, let's not forget that our police are very well paid here in Boston. We have the right to expect professional, dedicated policing. If we don't get it, we have a right to complain about it.
Mostly, we get it.
It's illegal to smoke in
It's illegal to smoke in Boston Common, and all public parks in the city.
http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/01/boston_smokers_not...
Mayor Menino passed the ordinance before he left office.
There's a reason they are enforcing it
Despite the occasional bits of rain the last few weeks, things are still extremely dry overall. The fire danger this year has been unprecedented. Add in the leaf litter now that the trees are finally dropping them, and the substantial number of careless smokers who think the world is their ashtray, and POOF.
The other reason it is illegal: too many smokers flinging the butts around, creating litter and disposal problems.
Like the leash laws, it sadly becomes more about the too many who are careless about their activities.
Unenforcable?
Every single one of those is precisely enforceable. I can see all four of those acts being committed. It's not an anti-sodomy law.
COWARDS WITH CAMERAS
The cowards with cameras never lift a finger to help anybody. It's your duty as an American to help the police. These COWARDS never seem to lend a hand. Shameful!
So how many cops have you
So how many cops have you rescued while subduing wanted parole violators, patriotic citizen? Or are you just one of those snowflakes who hides behind your keyboard safe space and talk tough?
funny you should mention that
I've been a tackle on an out of control patient medevaced to our trauma center, and the sending docs didn't look at the pelvic xray, where a loaded gun was clearly visible in the guy's pants pocket. The neurologist read it as "positive pistol sign" and we thought he was kidding until we saw the film (Olden days - xrays were on film) Because I was the only person who still had a free hand, I was the lucky one to remove said gun, unload it and hand it off to our dept's special duty officer. Fun times. (I did have indoor range rifle and pistol training, BTW, but rassling a drunk and delirious patient kind of defeats the safety in safety training)
And an in-law was walking down Park Ave South one long ago morning, when he was overtaken by a mounted NYPD officer. On the sidewalk. Officer dismounted, threw the reins at my startled relative, and instructed him to "hold my horse," while he dashed into a bank, gun drawn. Said in-law happened to be an equestrian and patiently waited with Dobbin until his buddy arrived.
And to the officer who explained his scary situation above, I'm just wondering - have any bystanders recording ever offered their videos in defense of officers?
" It's your duty as an
" It's your duty as an American to help the police."
why bother helping them? the cops are more likely to sneer at us than help us
No.
[citation needed]
The police are the sole wielders of legitimate state-sanctioned violence. If they restrain and arrest someone, they have the force of law behind them. If I do it, I'm breaking half a dozen laws and putting my own well-being at risk. Y'all seem to have some latent issues around hero-worship and the desire to attack someone without facing repercussions, but seriously, you don't just get to do that.
Also, re: filming: if the cops are doing their jobs properly, and aren't trying to get an extra kick in after the guy is subdued, then what do they have to worry about? If it were me, I'd want the whole thing on tape so that I could produce it when the guy who got arrested files a civil suit against the department.
So...
It's illegal to smoke a cigarette in Boston Common??? I did not know that...
Correct. Smoking cigarettes
Correct. Smoking cigarettes and weed are prohibited in the Boston Common and Public Garden, though I have never seen it enforced. Also, I believe you are not allowed to smoke cigarettes and weed in any city owned park or children's playground. A few years back there was a homeless guy who stabbed a couple of park rangers when he was asked to stop smoking.
new to me ..
i was out on the common this weekend smoking and me/my group were not the only. and it deffinately is nothing new to me and i never try to hide it. ever been to the common on April 20th ?
sidenote : while i was there my girl ran up to what she thought was a bunny rabbit . it turned out to be a pretty healthy looking rat.