The Standard Times wrote this about the police department that Bobo and the BOS are doing everything in their power to try and trick you into thinking they are a bunch of racists:

"When violent hate showed its abhorrent face in Wareham on Tuesday, the town's police officers did their community proud. They risked their lives to apprehend an apparent neo-Nazi who threw a loaded shotgun from a vehicle as police gave chase."

The police saw him toss out a shotgun (an obvious sign they were dealing with a violent psychopath) and they pursued him anyway.  All of you pro-BOS wack jobs who bitch and moan about how easy a cop's job is, try to remember that in any traffic stop, they could be pulling over a psycho with a shotgun.

Turns out he had more weapons in his car:

Inside the car, officers found a double-edged knife, shotgun shells, a large hammer, and what they described as a so-called "ethnic cleansing" CD, according to the police report. (Incidentally, that soft-pedaling term should never have seeped into common usage.)

Here's what the officers were dealing with, according to an earlier S-T story:

Verhaegen said in his police report that, as he exited his cruiser, Watkins charged toward him and shouted: "What's the problem? What did I do?" Watkins refused to obey Verhaegen's command to get on the ground, prompting another officer to deploy his Taser. Once on the ground, Watkins refused to put his hands behind his back and was subdued with the Taser a second time, Verhaegen said in his report.

Now, keep in mind that Sweet Brucey tried to smear the police department as if they were abusing the tazers or something.  He even called up the Howie Carr show as "Bruce the Republican from Wareham" to complain about it.

But here's a guy who apparently was so strong, possibly on drugs, to the point where he had to be tazed TWICE.  Let me repeat that - he had to be zapped with electricity TWICE before he was subdued.

TWICE.

If Sweet Brucey had his way, the police would not have had tazers to use on this guy.  How then would they have taken down a guy that can take one tazing and still need another one?

Two newspapers, the Courier and (obviously for appearances' sake), the Rag, called for Sweet Brucey to recuse himself from any police matter decisions, stating his personal biases towards the department ran too deep.  They have not renewed that demand as he continues to run roughshod over the department. 

If Sweet Brucey had his way, and been able to remove tazers from the department...then an officer could have been seriously hurt, possibly killed by a Neo-Nazi.

Luckily, Sweet Brucey didn't get his way.  Why?  Because our town charter currently allows for a strong chief - i.e. let the police work decisions be made by a person who has spent his life in police work.

Rewrite the charter like the selectmen want, put in a lackey chief and put the Selectmen in charge of the police department - and you'll get decisions that will be made based on pure politics. 

Give Sweet Brucey the power to take away the police's tazers - sure, and what happens the next time a violent thug that is nearly tazer resistant comes along?

The S-T praised the department.  I have seen no praise from the Selectmen.  I have seen no praise from Bobo.

Sadly, the only praise they'll get is from the S-T and this web site.  Praise from the BOS and Bobo would just interfere with their agenda of trying to make you all think the police department is racist so they can rewrite the chief law.

The next time they try to make you think the police are racist - remember how they put themselves in harm's way to stop a Neo-Nazi.

Last edited by Hamatron5000 (2009-09-04 09:48:32)