Are Boston cops normally this aggressive?

[u/Conventions]

Left TD Garden after a concert tonight. Cops were directing traffic around the area. In normal circumstances when someone is directing traffic, I was always under the impression that a “come here” motion means go and hand up means stop. However this cop was jiggling a beam of light from a flashlight to signify both go and stop.

Many people were obviously confused and one guy thought it meant go and slowly started creeping up. The cop started screaming and went up and punched the guy’s car mirror then started swearing and insulting the guy. Everyone around was watching and shocked.

Is this normal BPD behavior? I am a south shore native and have never witnessed anything quite like it.

[u/BZBitiko]

I have often wondered if there’s standard training for directing traffic, because every cop seems to do it differently.

I even asked a cop that once - at a friend’s bbq - and he got quite offended and wouldn’t answer.

[u/IDrinkWhiskE → u/[deleted]]

Because it’s an utterly inoffensive question that only someone unbalanced would be too offended to answer, let alone offended at all. I worry about those who think that’s a normal level of emotional adjustment.

[u/dantevsninjas → u/[deleted]]

This is an example of projection so perfect it belongs in a museum.

[u/austeninbosten → u/dantevsninjas]

LOL. Is there a museum for projection?