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Imagine my surprise when, minutes later, I found myself in the middle of a street battle between riot police and Bostonians...
...searching for a reason for hope, in case we run out soon, consider the wee hours of last Thursday morning in the Bronx after baseball's most bitter rivalry had finally played itself out. The riot police were at the ready as partisans of each side descended in red and blue waves on the venerable Yankee Tavern to carouse or console. And against all odds, the spirit was genial. Defeated Yankee fans bought Red Sox fans a drink--no gloating, no fighting, no riots, just a moment to capture the memory before they moved on. Reported by Perry Bacon...
Plan B takes its artistic cues chiefly from the Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s and all-woman punk-hardcore bands like Team Dresch, but each member has her own very different tastes, ranging from funk to Pantera, and consequently their songs vary stylistically. Lyrically the songs are abrasive and confrontational, and Plan B performs them with an unabashed rawness that makes them more immediate and affecting...
...voting booths next Tuesday, are the kind of people who get their political information from Eminem the kind of people we want voting? No responsible political commentator or analyst believes that the answer to our current situation in Iraq, and with the wider war on terror, is to riot, and then to “f---” Bush. How will that stop the insurgents in Iraq, ensure security for the Middle East, or even bring our troops home? The answer is it will not, but rest assured, if we “pump our fists?...
This seems to me analogous to the situation surrounding Victoria Snelgrove’s horrible death. Instead of trying to be proactive and control the crowd by employing undercover officers and a universal police presence, the Boston Police sat back in riot gear and waited for things to get out of control before using a dangerous projectile gun by officers that may have been untrained to use one. In response, Menino blamed alcohol and tried to take the paternalistic response of cutting off drinking altogether...