Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

northursalia t1_jdciux6 wrote

There were no parking lots in the middle of Shopper's World in the 50s and 60s, nor the 70s through the teardown/rebuild in the early 90s. It used to be basically a rectangle of stores on two levels, anchor stores on the ends, open air to a large courtyard inside, with a sea of parking lot around it. It had grass, pathways, bushes, trees, fountains, and had seasonal items like Christmas decorations and a petting zoo in the courtyard.

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Function-Elegant2525 t1_jdchz65 wrote

I am also a victim of MA not not being on the national license reporting system. But real problems were not here but in Florida. In 2002 I was in a minor accident driving my mom's car while on vacation in Orlando. I was fully covered under her insurance and I paid all tickets from it. My license was from out of state, the car was from out of state and not in my name. Florida being Florida assumed I had no insurance at all. Florida then suspended my driving privileges and never informed me and of course the Mass RMV was never informed . Flash forward to 2008 on another vacation to Florida with my ex wife and then in-laws. I get pulled over for a speeding on the Florida Turnpike. The cop then asks if I was in an accident in Orlando. He said I either didn't have insurance or I didn't pay the ticket and arrests me on the side of the highway. You should have seen the look on in-laws' faces. I spent a lovely night in jail and many new friends. I spent many hours that trip at the Florida 'DMV' to get this cleared up. And still had to make another trip for the court date. When I get home of course I go to RMV because the Florida cops confiscated my license. Of my MA license is perfectly good no record of anything from Florida. So of course they never suspended me. If they had I would have taken care of this years earlier. Of course if FL had talked to MA they would seen that I was in a fully insured car in the first place.

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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jdccxu1 wrote

Takes a real galaxy brain cop to manage to engage in the few types of gun flipping schemes that might actually get prosecuted.

Cops in MA already have a tidy grift opportunity by using their exemption to the approved firearms roster to flip unapproved pistols on the secondary market for a hefty premium.

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ManifestDestinysChld t1_jdccv87 wrote

Look at that rant you wrote above. Look at how poorly this has been going for you for like 20 years.

Do you want to keep doing the same thing, and continue getting fucked?

No?

Then do something different, and get a lawyer.

The DMV is trying like hell to teach you that you are not actually solving this problem with your approach. Sounds like they're trying to teach you for the 3rd or 4th time now. Are you going to learn that lesson this time?

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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jdcc83j wrote

The reporting on police is riddled with euphemisms and other evasions of responsibility like this. It drives me insane.

A journalist writing the phrase "officer involved shooting" is a disgrace, yet this pro-cop PR speak seems to be entirely normalized in our press.

According to our press cops never commit crimes, only former cops do.

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