Several Dorchester lads fail to make it home

See, if it's 2:27 in the morning and you're standing around yelling at each other at the corner of Tremont and Winter streets downtown, you might want to listen to the officer when he tells you to break it up instead of ganging up on him, because, you know, cops today have radios and stuff:

Numerous units responded as officers struggled with the group, and attempted to place the other members of the group under arrest. Members of the group violently fought with officers in an attempt to avoid arrest and aid in the escape of the arrested individuals.

The fracas went on for some time with several officers sustaining injuries and having to make use of their issued O.C. spray.

Six 20-somethings wound up in the slammer.

Also click on the link to read about the guy outside Roxbury District Court who didn't put down the knife he was using to make a point in an argument until a Boston officer drew his service revolver (and even then, he had to think about it).

Bonus life lesson: If you're going to go shoplifting at Marshalls, you probably want to leave the crystal-meth vials at home. It will save you the embarrassment of being immortalized in a bad pun on BPDNews if you get caught.