Me, last month: "The lowlight of my trip was a stroll through Boston Common, interrupted by a half-dozen (obvious) drug addicts, loudly cursing at each other as tourists looked on, mortified."
Today's Boston Globe: "Officers shoot man on Boston Common"
While Boston Common bustled early yesterday evening with people walking their dogs, playing Frisbee, or relaxing on park benches, Boston police chased a man they believed had a gun across a portion of the green and then shot him near the park's visitor center.That's about as close as I get to reporting and it might be as close as I get to Boston Common again.
Boston police have stepped up patrols of the common in the past year in response to complaints by area residents and business owners about drug dealing, drug use, and prostitution.
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Jeez. I lived in Beacon Hill 2004-2005 and walked across the Common every day, often after dark. The homeless people were well-behaved and I don't recall much of a thug element. What a damn shame, if it's gone downhill that quickly.
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