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Postgame Celebration Tragedy.

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Region Philbis
 
Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 05:54 am
Postgame police projectile kills an Emerson student

An Emerson College junior, drawn to Fenway Park to toast the first Red Sox pennant in 18 years, was killed yesterday, shot in the eye by a projectile fired by police seeking to disperse revelers who authorities said threatened to spin out of control.

Victoria Snelgrove, a 21-year-old journalism student from East Bridgewater, was struck by a pepper-spray-filled plastic ball at about 1:30 a.m., some 90 minutes after the Red Sox celebrated on the infield at Yankee Stadium, provoking an estimated 80,000 jubilant and mostly young fans to converge on Kenmore Square.

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Linkat
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 07:24 am
Did you see the Boston Herald today? I saw the cover on the news - I cannot believe how much in bad taste it is. I hear that inside there is an even worse picture.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 07:25 am
How awful...
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 07:37 am
Quote:
Did you see the Boston Herald today?
yeah, that was uncalled for...
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willow tl
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 07:41 am
i went to their web site..maybe i am missing something on line..is there a link?
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 08:44 am
http://www.bostonherald.com/

middle-right there's a link for TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
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Linkat
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 09:59 am
They changed it! Looks like they got enough flack.

Maybe not, I clicked it again and the front page did show up.
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 10:24 am
Poor woman.
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smog
 
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Reply Fri 22 Oct, 2004 10:38 am
Region Philbis wrote:
Quote:
Did you see the Boston Herald today?
yeah, that was uncalled for...

http://news.bostonherald.com/eLetters/

And this is a very sad story in general...
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sat 23 Oct, 2004 02:29 pm
Police boost forces for Series start
Officials weigh suspension of pepper-gun use

Boston police said yesterday they are prepared to make mass arrests to prevent disturbances from turning violent after tonight's first game of the World Series. Authorities also said they will probably suspend use of pepper-pellet guns that officers fired during a wild celebration early Thursday outside Fenway Park, fatally injuring an Emerson College student.

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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sat 23 Oct, 2004 02:38 pm
Only one positive thing has come out of this awful tragedy -- no attempt whatever to cover up. That, I think, would have been the automatic reaction by Boston's Finest just a couple of years ago. Under our new Police Commissioner, the police immediately took full responsibility for the tragic event, with no "We don't know what happened, it's under investigation" nonsense. Bostonians are so used to the cops stonewalling that this admission of police misfeasance is a breath of fresh air.
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 25 Oct, 2004 09:10 am
These pellets seem pretty dangerous to me - here is a picture of one person who said he was hit 12 times in the body and once in the face.

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2004/10/25/1098696231_7165.jpg
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