@ernie

An update to the Cop Slide incident!

#404media FOIA'ed the city about the #CopSlide viral video in #Boston, and got a response, summarized in the below article.

tldr: The officer hit his head and arm. Boston PD asserts that there's no bodycam footage, despite several officers standing around laughing, but 404 media is appealing as the video shows someone possibly filming with their phone's camera.

https://www.404media.co/cop-slide-incident-report-details-harrowing-day-for-boston-police/

#Massachusetts #FIOA #GovernmentCenter #BostonPolice #Police

Okay #cycling #bikelanes #enforcement or not #ridesharing #ubereats followers:

As has become the norm since the pandemic started, an #Ubereats driver parked in bike lane that is also a posted #nostopping zone. Immediately behind that car is a #bostonpolice car, with foolish me thinking that a ticket was being written. Ha, nope - one cop was inside the Cafe Nero while the other was waiting. Do ANY #boston area police enforce traffic laws to prevent #cycling folks from going out in traffic?

What's going on here #bostonpolice department?
Why aren't officer shootings being reported to the #FBI accurately?
#boston #police #mayorwu
"As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported"
https://wapo.st/3VJtjYw

Bodies of 4 infants found at Boston residence, police say

#bostonpolice #bostoninfants #bostonresidence
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bodies-4-infants-found-boston-residence-police-say-rcna59110

@frogfather - my last Tweet was an angry one, at the #BostonPolice union, which was in the midst of a sustained attack on the City Council member who reps my neighborhood. Their contempt for her and everyone she represents is nauseating. She is a Black woman, a terrific public servant, and she can't tweet about anything without some nasty racists attacking her. For cops to make her an even bigger target of angry trolls, well, that's peak #Twitter