Boston Police are going after motorists who don’t stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. According to a report on WHDH 7News, cops have set up a sting operation where a plain-clothesfemale officer posing as a young mother, using the crosswalk, attempts to cross the street with a doll in her stroller. The Channel 7 report showed one vehicle after another blowing by mother and “baby” without making any effort to stop. Motorists caught in the sting are being issued $200 tickets by uniformed officers.
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As we approach another Memorial Day with our country at war, it will be interesting to watch the attendance at events around the country. We often hear from those in the anti-war ranks that they oppose the war but “support the troops.” And yet, when I attended last November’s Veterans’ Day observance in my hometown of Wakefield, Massachusetts, the level of support that I saw for our troops and for our veterans in general was disappointing at best.
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