PAX Centurion - Fall 2017

Page 38 • PAX CENTURION • Fall 2017 617-989-BPPA (2772) F OR POLICE OFFICERSWHOWERE PHYSICALLY PRESENTAT THE “PEACEFUL RALLY” of August 19 th , 2017 on the Boston Common, slanted, biased reporting from the Boston Globe and local major media sources comes as no great surprise; indeed, it has come to be expected as simply “par for the course”. But even the most cynical and jaded of police officers, long accustomed to gross and obvious examples of Boston Globe liberal bias, must be asking themselves, in the wake of the anti-police riot of August 19 th , how fictionalized, blatantly false reporting and obscene lying has become such an ingrained part of the very fabric of the Globe’s editorializing. On this page in the Pax is reprinted the Boston Globe editorial of Monday, August 21 st , 2017, (“ Boston’s mettle is tested, but questions linger ”) composed by the Globe’s editorial board a day or so after the alleged “peaceful rally.” By all means, READ IT, and read it well. If nothing else, it clearly exposes the sick, warped, mindset that has taken over full control of the City’s predominant newspaper. Let’s examine some of the most blatant and outrageous of the lies perpetrated by the rich, privileged, elitist frauds who compose these daily insults to logic, reason and truth: (Emphasis added and Pax Editor’s comments follow italicized Globe quotes): “The far-right rally on Boston Common on Saturday tested the city’s capacity to allow unpopular, even wicked causes….” Hmmm…The word “wicked” is generally reserved to describe witches and witchcraft, or (ironically) as the title of the play which recently appeared on the marquee at Boston’s Opera House, just down the street from the Downtown Crossing area. OnAugust 19 th , the downtown crossing area, peaceful citizens out and about shopping and police officers were assaulted by wicked people wearing black uniforms and hiding their faces beneath kerchiefs while throwing urine-filled bottles at the police and destroying public and private property. But the Globe editorial board did not employ the word “wicked” to apply toAntifa savages, rioters, or those who assaulted police. Why not? “…. the 50 or so rallygoers, who claimed to be marching for free speech but who have links to white supremacist groups were able to hold their event…” Has anybody – and I repeat – ANYBODY – from the B oston Globe identified any of the “50 or so rallygoers” and “linked” them to what the Globe describes as “white supremacist groups?” The answer is a resounding “NO.” Oh, of course, any group that disagrees with any progressive cause or liberal orthodoxy, is, ipso-facto, labeled as “white supremacists,” at least in the Globe editorial boardroom. The small-mindedness of self-described “progressives” does not allow that happy buzzword “diversity” – which all good liberals pretend to “celebrate” – to apply to diversity of political opinion. NO , there were no “Nazis” (other than those wearing black kerchiefs and shouting down opposing viewpoints) or Klansmen present, much to the chagrin of the alt-left and disappointed college students, who had been promised such a show. The “50 or so rallygoers” were composed of a few naïve ninnies who believed in their reality-challenged minds that they were actually going to hold a “free speech” rally Boston Globe editorials: A Capacity for Mendacity with no regard for Veracity By James Carnell, Pax Centurion Editor on the Boston Common in the middle of thousands of screaming, uncontrollably angry left-wing radicals and college kids looking to strut their self-righteous virtue and presumed moral superiority. Along with those “50 or so rallygoers” were several people positioned on the bandstand holding “Black Lives Matter” signs (yes, supporting BLM!) , some nuts concerned about genetically-modified foods, a couple of white-robed lunatics holding shepherd’s staffs and ram’s horns representing some unknown religion who looked like they walked out of central-casting fromMonty Python’s “Search for the Holy Grail,” and a few pathetic losers wearing Trump shirts or hats who wanted to test the limits of the free-speech waters while knowing the cops would have to come and save their dumb-asses from the intolerant left-wing savages who were about to tear them limb-from- limb. (An in-sincere thank-you, 18-year old idiot fromWeymouth wearing your “TRUMP: 45” football jersey, for your instructive speech about your “first amendment rights” while my fellow officers plucked you from the crowd and saved you from a certain beating before driving you to South Station.) But no, Boston Globe , there were no identifiable “white supremacists” present or anybody who dared publicly present themselves as such, at least as far as my fellow officers could observe in front of us. Oh, and it wasn’t just the Globe : WCVB-TV Channel 5 irresponsibly reported on their Friday night- before broadcast (6 PM, August 18 th ) that “We have learned that three to five Klansmen may be attending tomorrow’s rally – but they will be wearing plain clothes and not identifiable” (Ed.: paraphrasing) . After hearing that outrageous, unattributed, anonymously-reported claim that undeniably helped to gin-up the alt-left mob (they were desperately searching for phantom Klansmen and Nazi – ghosts during the riot and responded to any and all false sightings by running like lemmings up and down adjacent Beacon Hill sidestreets) we learned that Channel 5 had previously called theAreaA detail room to attempt to arrange three (3) detail officers to protect their own news crews on that day. (Naturally, there were no available officers to fill such a deplorable detail, but I have the order #’s fromWCVB’s office requesting detail cops to meet them at AreaA, 10AM-6 PM, 8/19 for “escort coverage.”) “Most importantly there was no violence, apart from a few minor scuffles… the fears of “Antifa” violence directed at conservatives also turned out to be overblown. A few counter-protesters in black outfits showed up, made some noise, and then went home…” More than any other arrogant phrase in their ignorant and condescending editorial, this hits home with all officers who were physically present. As we know, there were many hours of violence, several civilians and officers assaulted, officers pelted with urine-filled bottles and push-cart hot-dog/drink vendors had their products stolen and vandalized by the “peaceful” protesters. This clearly shows that the Globe’s editorial board and journalists live in an alternate universe, denying the reality in front of them. The video and photographic proof exists and shows the violence and hatred directed at police officers, but the Globe denies it, pooh-poohing any evidence to the contrary. If the Antifa animals “in black outfits showed up, made some noise, and then went