State Police say a gun-packing, pot-dealing driver with no seat belt on is arrested after running a red light in Hyde Park right in front of a trooper

when i was growing up in the city we used to joke that the only way you could get a DUI by boston police was if you crashed into something. if there was an accident and the cops came they had to fill out paperwork and if you were drunk you were getting locked up. a LOT of people drank and drove back in those days, im not saying it was right but it was a fact. the trick was not to cross into another town (brookline, newton, watertown) because those guys were sitting at the border waiting for us. especially after midnight.

story. one night a friend and i were driving down a one way street in brighton. we each had a cold beer between our legs ( i know, i was an idiot, i grew up and cut that shit out not long after this story took place) ) anyway, about halfway up the street the blue lights went on behind me, two police cars. suddenly in front of me was another set of blue lights coming up the one way street, the wrong way, in front of me. we didn't know what was happening. they jumped out with their guns out and started screaming at us to "get the fuck out of the car!! we both placed our cans of beer on the floor in front of us and exited the vehicle with our hands up. the cops kept screaming and told us to get down on our stomachs and spread our arms and legs. they quickly patted us down and looked through my car. i figured it was DUI time for me but as quickly as it started it ended. the cops apologized and told us our car and descriptions matched an armed robbery that had just occurred close by. they must have got word that they caught the real bad guys so we got up off the ground. they apologized again and left us standing there. when we got back into my car both our beers were still sitting exactly as we had left them and still ice cold. we proceeded with our evening events.