Belt with fake bullets leads to arrest in Boston

[GilpinGuy]

People are so freaking stupid. Would you "panic" if you saw this dude walk on your bus? What belt fed gun does he have stashed in his little satchel? Source


Now, it’s illegal to be a punk rocker
Belt with fake bullets leads to arrest in BostonBy Brian Maloney July 13th, 2015, 15:37 EDT


Luckily, he wasn’t in possession of Dukes of Hazzard toys, or one Boston-area man might really be in trouble!

What 26-year-old Kevin Young of Watertown failed to recognize is just how quickly times are changing, as it’s now no longer okay to be an ordinary punk rocker.

Not only was his “replica ammunition” belt enough to incite “panic” on a bus Friday afternoon, but police noted he was “wearing what was described as spiked fighting gloves and spiked leather bracelets,” according to the Boston Police Department’s official website.

In other words, Young dressed like millions of guys did in 1982, but nobody ever thought to call the police on that basis alone.

According to the MBTA Transit Police, Young was arrested and taken into custody, with a charge of disorderly conduct, after he exited the bus and seen walking down a nearby road. There’s no indication he behaved in a threatening manner or said a word to anyone.

Earlier this afternoon, charges were dropped, with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office telling local media “based on the totality of circumstances, however, including confirmation that the cartridges on said belt could not and weren’t intended to be fired, prosecutors dismissed the charges at arraignment in Brighton Municipal Court.”

[Bailey Guns]

So Boston PD can now be accurately referred to as the "Fashion Police"? Pretty sad indeed.

[hurley842002]

Wow, people are more sensitive than I realized.

[Singlestack]

Just a sign of the kind of nonsense going on in the big cities. Best avoided...

[DavieD55]

Thank god the police are enforcing the law and keeping everyone safe.

[Great-Kazoo]

[00tec]

Isn't this the same group of people that flipped out over a lightbright sign and blew up a city installed traffic counter.

[BPTactical]

Hey, just be glad he wasn't carrying a dildo....

[68Charger]

Hey, just be glad he wasn't carrying a dildo....

That would probably be much more accepted (even defended by some groups)... as long as you don't beat anybody with it.

[izzy]

I grew up in Boston and belts and things like this were (probably still are?) very common. This is complete douce-baggery. We used to ride those busses and trains drinking 40's in brown paper bags while blasting music. We even had skateboards too. It seems like half the childhood crap I did when I was younger would get me sent to jail today.