Better non-lethal methods seems like a place to start.

They did everything they possibly could. They tried talking to him, they tried non-lethal methods. He charged them with a machete. What other possible outcome was there? There is no “way to respond” that we could possibly develop that would have had a better result.

I have no evidence that they did anything wrong either, other than to say we should be able to develop a way to respond to people in crisis that does not also kill them fairly often nationwide.

Definitely shove this protest where the sun doesn’t shine

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you cannot be serious

As far as I know, nothing. Just general fuck the police sentiment. Under most circumstances I'd be the first person to jump on that bandwagon, but the Cambridge cops are... alright, so I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. If what happened is at all close to the initial reports, then I'd say the shooting was justified.

He helped me with my wedding dress and I felt very comfortable with him. Any they did a great job!!

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Resident population prolly around 110k

Daytime population is over 250k

In 6 sq miles. The very definition of 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag.

Can people bring machetes?

Independent professionally run services is one of the arguments in favor of our city manager system.

Unfortunately the article does not mention rent control and the fact that we’re a small part of a large region that mostly refuses to do anything meaningful on housing. Private landlords are mostly scum and need to be driven out of business with massive investment in social housing.

The idea of social housing is that if you have enough of it and it’s high quality, private landlords will have to compete. There is no modification or wealth generation happening when you’re struggling to stay afloat. If you can afford to buy a condo you’re still free to do that, but if not, at least you’d have a safe and functional place to live. I would support a policy of near universal public housing, just as I advocate for a single-payer universal healthcare system and for the same reasons. You could always buy your own house but for most people it wouldn’t be worth the extra cost. If you are against public housing, you support homelessness and destitution, plain and simple.

This is a tragedy, but I don't think there is anything wrong with what Police did. Unless anyone could provide evidence proving otherwise.

So what’s the basis for calling this police brutality?

Organize one

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How about a rally to support police doing an extremely difficult job in our city? I’ve yet to see anything they did wrong in this case. What happened is tragic, but they were being pressed by a man with a bloody machete. Not the outcome anyone wanted for sure.

It will be sad to live far from work. We're used to walk to do everything around here. Let's see how things unfold.

Thanks for the answer!

It is known that he was in crisis and the police shot him. Beyond that there are the police statements and the ongoing investigation.

We know what the police said. That’s about it

Is anything actually known about the circumstances surrounding this shooting?

Enjoyed it, but walked away scratching my head. It seems really disingenuous to heap accolades onto CHA while not even discussing Cambridge's insane housing prices or the "winners and losers" issue public housing creates.

Cambridge Street cleaners at 506 Cambridge st, the owner of the dry cleaning, Vartan, used to work at Mr. Sid for years and he is great with any alterations, even on coats and pants or dresses that need invisible sewing. Keezer has opened a new location at 618 Cambridge st,, if you are looking on that side of the city.

Do you know how to use “tl;dr”?