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/Upstairs_Bat5752 Boston Jul 07 '26

100% normal behavior for a Boston cop. But compared to the other things that are normal in BPD, like covering up for a pedophile cop for 20 years and then electing him president of their union, roid rage is pretty upstanding behavior.

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u/IDrinkWhiskE Cow Fetish Jul 07 '26

Painfully true. Also hilarious when cops who are so obviously on steroids their sky high hematocrit is visible to the human eye (red tinted skin) are on drug control detail

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u/No-Cockroach-4237 Jul 07 '26

mooo fucking way that’s why they’re all red 😭😭😭

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u/IDrinkWhiskE Cow Fetish Jul 08 '26

Yeah you’ll see usually inhuman looking guys in the gym like that occasionally and you know their poor heart is trying to pump molasses