Oh, bummer!

Did you grab a a snack in Bascom lodge? I love a couple drinks after a hike up there. Killer views.

I’m sure many warnings were also issued.

Feel free to FOIA the department and ask how many citations were issued and how many warnings were issued. My experience with cops in the rich MetroWest towns is maybe 6-8 traffic stops over the past 20 years (Brookline, weston, wayland, Wellesley, framingham). For stuff like barely speeding (40 in a 30), rolling stop sign, expired inspection sticker, u-turn where it wasn’t allowed. Was always let off with a warning.

The cops in rich towns typically aren’t in the business of harassing millionaires and their kids. (Is that shitty and unfair? Sure).

Now, when I’ve been stopped in poorer areas like Southborough or Revere, or by state troopers…strap in for the bullshit harassment and near 100% ticket rate.

Keep in mind Sherborn had a fatal car wreck that killed a local HS senior last year in a one car crash in February. Seemed like a great kid who simply lost control going a little too fast around a turn.

> Owen Bingham, a Dover-Sherborn High School senior and captain of the school's state championship golf team, was killed in a crash over the weekend, while four passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries.

> There were four other passengers in the SUV at the time of the crash, police said, including an 18-year-old from Dover, an 18-year-old from Sherborn, and two 17-year-olds from Dover. All were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

So…while I’m the first to shit on cops…there is a good chance the cops on Sherborn are just trying to help folks keep speeds down, since nobody wants to see a dead kid.

It was hella foggy and slippery roads last night.

You are “entitled” to 12 weeks.

However, I think MA is still an “at will” employment state…and I personally know a lot of new dads who got laid off shortly after they came back from leave.

“Oh but that’s illegal! Employers can’t do that!”

Except they do.

They will offer a severance package that comes with a non-disparagement/confidentially/waiver clause….and so these dads are forced to choose between 3-6 months pay and keeping their resume intact, or trying to sue a huge employer, spending tens of thousands on a lawsuit that has low odds of success because the employer will smear the hell out of them with “he was a poor performer” claims. Then - win or lose - the dad gets to enjoy having a “litigious reputation” follow him around when he looks for new jobs. (Similar to being a whistleblower. Prepare for career suicide).

TLDR: check the pulse of your employer before taking 12-weeks of leave. Some are very accommodating. Some less so. It sucks that all employers aren’t required to truly respect family leave.

Yup. Although these guys are going to likely see jail and lose fishing license forever:

> Runyan and Cominsky were arraigned on several felony charges, including cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools.

> The charges are fifth-degree felonies, meaning they could each bring a punishment of up to 12 months in prison and $2,500 in fines.

> The duo also face a misdemeanor count of unlawful ownership of wild animals — a charge related to raw fish filets they allegedly had on their boat. If they're convicted of that crime, their fishing licenses could be revoked indefinitely.

Seems about right for the level of crime they committed.

Come back when you’ve done the research. I’ve Represented dozens of women in DV cases. It’s eye opening.

I’ll give you two general principles:

• False claims of rape and DV are incredibly rare.

• most cases of rape and DV go unreported.

Whats interesting to me is that you seem to sympathize more with hypothetical falsely accused abusers (who you admit you have no idea how many exist) rather than sympathize with the victims and survivors who suffer horrific abuse and try to use law enforcement and the courts to get some iota off protection.

Have you thought of how many women are killed by abusers each year (well over 1,000). Or how many children? In the past month I’ve read of dozens of folks killed by abusive husbands, exes, and fathers.

Do you think there are more than 1,000 abusive men who have lost their homes and jobs to FALSE claims of DV each year?

That’s funny…the same thing happens to me.

Oh my god. What the hell? This is awesome!!! Holy smokes.

What, in your estimation, is the ratio of false DV and rape claims to legitimate ones?

A Dunkies cup tossed on the ground outside the Kenmore T station by a guy wearing a Sox jersey, who is vaping and holding a scratch ticket.

If that’s the compromise we need to make, I’m fine denying bail to domestic abusers.

One of the MOST dangerous times for abuse victims is when they take steps to protect themselves and end abuse. At the end of the day a restraining order just a piece of paper.

Well when the guy who found the bombs is sympathetic to the cause…how the hell are they gonna find the suspect?

The vast majority of folks killed by guns are killed by someone they know.

Only about 80 people are killed each year by burglaries. (And even in those cases, many of the burglars are known to the victims).

Compared to thousands of family members who are killed each year by gun-wielding assholes.

Hmmm…do violent ACCUSED rapists and felons lose the right to wander society when they are held in pre-trial detention when bail is denied (due to either being a flight risk or because they are a threat to society)?

Yes.

All the damn time.

And it’s fully constitutional.

So…please explain why a pre-trial hearing as to whether a person accused of domestic violence should not be able to cause someone to surrender their firearms.

These aren’t willy-nilly decisions they lack due process. They are decision a judge makes AFTER a dangerousness hearing.

Are you saying you want violent individuals to continue to possess firearms EVEN AFTER they have appeared in court, and AFTER a judge has considered evidence, and AFTER the judge has found that the person ought to surrender their firearms?

Rino’s in East Boston.

Like I said, if you want to interpret folks trying to be helpful as treating you like a child…that’s on you. I talked to you the way I would have talked to my best friend.

YOU came here to solicit advice.

YOU talked about using space heaters for heat (yet now are defensively saying that without space heaters you can “get all the rooms to the correct temperature”)

I wish you the best. But you are reading all sorts of things into my comments on your own accord.

Bro, you don’t have heat in your rooms. You asked for help.

I offered good faith advice.

Nothing was condescending. That’s on you if you choose to read it that way.

If you feel the need to puff your chest out and try to act like you know everything and “went to school for it” and want to still claim your apartment is legal and “not shitty”…ask yourself why it doesn’t have a proper heating system.

100% it wouldn’t pass any occupancy in ANY town in Mass if it has habitable rooms with no heat source. Thus my comment on it not being legal.

Every predictable accusation from you is such a sad confession.

Lol, go back to r/conservative. We don’t give a damn what you dumb assholes think.

It’s so disgusting.

Which sadly - yes - is the vision for a “nice, cozy, America” that authoritarian conservatives want.

Weird. I though we had the best schools and one of the best life expectancies and highest incomes….

Why would God reward all these atheists?

It almost seems like religion is some fake-ass bullshit used to grift dumb folks. Because all the super religious states are drowning in misery and deaths of despair.

So, it’s just been chilling out for decades?

Call the town police department where this crash happened and find out who has jurisdiction on the case (town or state Police). Ask to speak with their records person.

Do a public records request for whatever information you want that the relevant police department(s) would have in their possession. (State police won’t release much while a case is still pending, but there is a lot of information you can get).

Once you know who has jurisdiction, ask them who the detective and prosecutors on the case are and what court it is in.

If the driver was charged with a DUI, there will 100% be an answer you can get from the DA’s office/court where the case is being handled as to current status. It could be dismissed, it could be something else. But it’s not some black hole.

You will need to make phone calls, or trips to a court, or make written requests, but you can find out all of this info.

If you are still confused, DM me and I can walk you through more specific steps.

Alex Jones’ $250m and Trumps $1b “stop the steal” PAC have entered the chat.

Which was started by televangelists long before I was born.