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Mary Hartman's avatar

I'm at a loss for words. These are character defining moments for these elected officials regardless of which party they affiliate themselves with.

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Michael Mohr's avatar

Absolutely absurd.

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brianne fitzgerald's avatar

As a Bostonian I am forever grateful for all of our first responders. Maybe Jon Kraft an announced candidate for mayor could speak up

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Michael Hermens's avatar

Great article, thanks Gerald. Two questions come up on this:

1) I wonder if Democrat leaders would change their minds if a member of their family was a victim of a violent crime and

2) why would voters put people in office who loathe the law abiding, while siding with the law breaking?

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Gerald Posner's avatar

I've always wondered the first question myself - not sure, but one would think it would change the bleeding heart perspective

As for #2, Boston voters are increasingly a mystery to me

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Maury Teitelbaum's avatar

These morons keep voting for these brain dead fools. I guess they get what they deserve

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glindarayepix's avatar

Wu is a special case, the modern incarnation of Putney Swope (Google it), imported from Chicago and elected strictly because the Irish-Italian and Black-Hispanic-Woke monoliths fought each other to a draw. The thread she’s hanging by won’t last forever.

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Eric Vincent Masterman's avatar

It boggles the mind why anybody would offer thoughts and prayers for a criminal that murders. Over the years, I have seen many news stories of offenders getting too light a sentence or just probation for offences listed in the article. Then there are those people that ramble on about their rights when they are in the wrong, and others that have no respect for a police officer when they are pulled over for something. Since most of us have smartphones, we see and hear a person argue with a cop or refuse to cooperate as seen from his camera. It's somewhat amusing to see a driver "escape" by looking at their phone while they are being addressed.

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Luc's avatar

Wow

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Brigid LaSage's avatar

Democrats seem to love touting criminals as heroes recently, from George Floyd's martyrdom to Hamas paragliding freedom fighters. Toxic compassion and disdain for the rule of law don't lead anywhere I want to go.

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Aaronsee2's avatar

Hopefully she will lose in a landslide, as she deserves to.

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Paul O's avatar

It was more nuanced than that. Essentially you're giving the Faux News version of it. I notice they're the primary source of the outrage reporting on the incident. Unless the family was involved, they still lost a family member. Apparently they're not allowed to grieve. She didn't condemn the police. She also thanked the first responders.

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Gerald Posner's avatar

I would bet that there was a concern about potential litigation -- part of the American DNA --- so they are trying to offset that in part. Pretty coordinated statements

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David Gronek's avatar

Liberal cities don’t live in or refuse to see reality. They get what they vote for. Most big cities are run by democrats and most are going broke.

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Christopher Petersen's avatar

Wu either has a mental illness or is insane or both. It’s up to the voters of Boston to: 1) Vote her in again 2) Vote her out 3) Start a recall to remove her. From reading this it’s clearly apparent she has an agenda for helping these really bad people over regular citizens. Has anyone sat down with her to find out why she thinks this way? It’s illogical to me.

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Terry Riley's avatar

Hey Gerald, In your piece you say "The mayors of Chicago, Denver and New York will join her representing cities that reflect an “abject failure to comply with federal law.”

Which specific Federal law in regard to are these Cities are you referring to?

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Gerald Posner's avatar

It’s a quote from the Oversight Committee, the idea is that they are violating the law in some instances by obstructing ICE from finding and detaining illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes

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Terry Riley's avatar

That's conjecture on your part. I recommend you actually read the law.

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