Police behaving thuggishly: DA to look at possible charges against three non-detail cops

By adamg on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 4:41pm

The Globe reports Woburn officials have given the Middlesex County DA's office evidence with which to bring possible charges against three out-of-town cops for their behavior at a protest against non-police flaggers last week.

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No charges

By adamg on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 8:19pm.

Insufficient evidence of criminal activity, the Middlesex County DA's office tells the Globe.

Of course

By Kaz on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 4:28am.

I knew I couldn't trust my eyes when it comes to watching videotape of picketers walking in the construction zone, a cop driving the wrong way against the direction of the flagger, and protesters crossing private property in order to leave the public right of way where they were protesting...

Damn those eyes of mine.

Thanks a ton, Middlesex D.A. Gerard T. Leone, Jr., for proving yet again that being a cop keeps you afloat above the law. At least Woburn's police chief still holds discipline and dignity to some standard these days. Maybe by 2010 when you're up for re-election someone else will run against you and this will come up again.

Not surprising.

By Bill R. on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 8:45am.

I think everyone knew from the start that this would go no where. Once again, it's shown that there are certain segments of the population in Massachusetts that are above the law and that usually includes those that are supposed to enforce it.

I doubt

By Pete Nice on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 10:57am.

that you will ever see any cops doing this again because they know they will be charged criminally the next time it happens. So this type of criminal activity has been stopped. If you see these guys do crap like this again and disrupt traffic, then you can say they are above the law and nothing can be done.

I doubt that you will ever

By Anonymous on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 1:24pm.

I doubt that you will ever see any cops doing this again

Do you know them? Did you talk to them? How can you be so sure?

Well,

By Pete Nice on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 2:15pm.

You havent seen it since right? So I am right there.

And now that the officers know that they will be possibly charged and fired if they are caught doing anything illegal (like what they did), you can bet they wont be doing it.

now that the officers know

By Anonymous on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 4:23pm.

now that the officers know that they will be possibly charged and fired if they are caught doing anything illegal (like what they did), you can bet they wont be doing it.

This is a good argument for why BPD leadership should be firm and fair not lenient with discipline meted out to officers who cross ethic bounds or break the law in the course of performing the duty as well as off the job.