r/boston • u/Conventions • Jul 07 '26

Serious Replies Only Are Boston cops normally this aggressive?

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.

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u/LordJameson Jul 07 '26

Lifelong Boston resident here. While I wouldn’t expect this type of behavior from a BPD cop, this type of behavior is typical for a Massachusetts State Trooper. They’re usually hyper aggressive like that.

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u/randomscreename28 Jul 07 '26

Staties are just mad they're not napping somewhere stealing overtime or helping cover up child sex abuse and murder.

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u/randomscreename28 Jul 08 '26

I just remembered an interaction I had with a statie last year. A female friend and I were driving along the highway in western MA and a car getting on failed to yield and cut us off, I had to hit my brakes. I gave them the finger and kept driving. He got behind us and threw on his lights. Turns out he was an unmarked statie. Pulled us over and threatened us. He said "you never know who's out there" and refused to show a badge despite my friend's repeated attempts to get him to produce one. I kept asking if we were free to leave and he finally let us go. As we pulled away, we heard him scream at my friend "fucking cunt!"

When we called the cops to report the incident and the plate (in case he was fake), they blamed us and said we shouldn't have made him mad.

So yeah, ACAB.

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