Comments on: The Boston squeeze https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/the-boston-squeeze/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 31 Aug 2019 21:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/the-boston-squeeze/comment-page-1/#comment-355903 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 21:42:19 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73536#comment-355903 Why is this bizarre? The pols expect their kickbacks and the various special interest groups expect to get a piece of the pie, or at least the leadership does.

It would be bizarre if it were otherwise.

Bob

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/08/the-boston-squeeze/comment-page-1/#comment-355894 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:13:54 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73536#comment-355894 Obviously, the cheerleading for thuggery is truly appalling. But what it signifies is that the rule of law is really starting to fray. It is clear that the state has no interest in dealing with this problem, and the victim only got a modicum of justice due to the happenstance of federal intervention and a jury willing to follow the law.

In a way, those who are complaining about the interference with democracy are correct. Elected officials want to run Boston this way. There’s a wink and a nod. But anyone who has dealt with big-city bureaucracy will attest to the not so hidden thuggishness that underlies your dealing with them.

The question I ask, of course, is what are the remedies of those abused in such a manner who do not get justice? Ultimately, when government operates on power untethered to law, it becomes a mafia,

If it were up to me, the two officials would spend the rest of their lives in prison.

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