Jennifer Davis was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Nov. 18, her contractions just 3 minutes apart. Her husband, John, was trying to appear calm for his wife's sake, driving in the breakdown lane of Route 2. They pulled up behind a state trooper to ask whether they could continue using the lane to reach the next exit, near Alewife Station.
Not only did the trooper say no, he gave them a $100 citation for driving in the breakdown lane, made them wait for their citation while he finished writing someone else's ticket, and even seemed to ask for proof of pregnancy, Jennifer Davis said.
I wonder if this...this "
Only One" had ended up under the front bumper, dragged and smeared along the breakdown lane, if a justifiable defense of life argument could be made? Naw, this is Boston, after all.
And note once again how our wonderful "Authorized Journalist" watchdog media lets us know the names of everyone involved except the fascist pinhead on the public dole. I'm informed I did not read far enough into the article--Trooper
Michael Galluccio.And save your explanation of
the rules, "State Police spokesman
DavidProcopio." God, if my job required me to go out there and justify this kind of crap, I hope I'd have the basic human decency to just hang myself.
[Via MacEntyre]