Posted on 09/05/2005 2:32:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A lone cop trying to cuff a man firing bullets into the night sky in Roxbury early yesterday was confronted by nearly 200 frenzied, bottle-throwing, cursing youths.
By the end of the tense incident, eight people, including six teens, were arrested.
According to police, the officer walked into the crowd standing near Lawrence Avenue and Mascoma Street at 1:22 a.m. He watched Luis Rivera, 23, of Roxbury stand in the middle of the intersection, point a gun toward the sky, and squeeze off one round. The cop began to approach Rivera, who apparently did not realize that a uniformed officer was in the crowd. As the officer closed in, several people in the crowd yelled to Rivera that the officer was approaching. Rivera fled, dropping the weapon as he ran, police said. The officer caught up to him and ordered him to the ground.
The crowd, seeing Rivera on the pavement, began to get unruly, cursing the cop, throwing bottles, and trying to help Rivera get away.
At one point, a woman approached Rivera and tried to assist him in getting away by pulling on his shirt and yelling, ``Get up and run!''
Soon after, the policeman received backup from several other officers. Rivera was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing for fleeing into a nearby middle school.
In addition to Rivera, police arrested Ruben Deleon, 23, and Jonathan Rodriguez, 18, both of Roxbury; Manuel Pereyra, 17, and Jose Bones, 19, both of Boston; Enrique Cardona, 17, of Dorchester; Henry Monroig, 17, of Roxbury; and Leandro Pena, 17, of South Boston.
They will be arraigned tomorrow in Dorchester District Court on charges of disorderly conduct.
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lol.
can't wait till the "immigrant" rants start...when these folks are probably at least 3rd generation bostonians.
you would figure they would only do this on St. Patty's day :)
Or maybey "Un-labor day" cause whitey never give them a job they were capable of doing, or that paid over $30 hour.
"Rivera was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing for fleeing into a nearby middle school"
Poping off a round in the air gets you only disorderly conduct in MA? I think it's a felony in CA.
If they can't be adapted to civilization in 3 generations, what does THAT say?
Hmmmmm. ;^)
Let me guess...they were "Guest workers..."
CA??? Hell in Iraq you might go to Abu Griab, and be forced to masturbate or worse look at naked women.
You obviously didn't grow up in that area. That is civilization there.
another place NOT TO LIVE if there's a natural disaster
Interfering with a police officer arresting someone is disorderly conduct? Any LEOs out there who could clarify?
it took 6 or 7 LOL
Sounds like Dodge City. Where's Marshall Earp?
"That is civilization there."
"civilization" sure is tough on the cops there.
if memory serves me correctly, it's tough on a lot of people.
Both these stalwart citizens of the Bay State were and are continually re-elcted to their seats in Congress.
It is amazing that this cop even arrested this clown. The voters will probably elect the perp to the Governorship next term.
He dropped his gun. Hmmmmm.....
I am guessing it wasn`t his gun. Maybe stolen?
I wonder if they recovered the gun? Doesn`t say in the article.
If the gun was stolen, I would assume more charges would be coming.
( I am not anti-gun, just stunned they glossed over this in the article. That is rare to see in the media ).
Mayor Curley was elected (to the board of aldermen) while in jail, once.
The reporter obviously missed the rest. And that would only be the on-view, first rank, arrestable offense. I can think a several more.
And these fellers are, in all likelihood, US citizens from PR.
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