...but a demonstration isn't going to change policy in a different state.

And policies are far better now than they were when most of those convictions happened.

>I mean, if people all over the country didn't come out and protest after George Floyd's murder, do you really think the officers involved in Tyre's murder would already be fired and arrested? Arrested even before the video came out?

Maybe?

2020 happened. People's attitudes were changed by that, much more than some demonstration in Worcester, MA. And it's not like police weren't convicted of murder before that, or even before we had smartphones to record evidence.

...and the demonstration makes that more likely how...?

But...isn't just going to a demonstration kind of neutral, if it doesn't accomplish anything?

Better to work to get good candidates elected or something along those lines. A bill enacted in the city/state/country, etc.

The cops are being tried for second degree murder, just like anyone else who commits a murder. The outcome on that is in the jury's hands. The unit those cops were part of has been disbanded. What are you actually hoping for?

There are conflicting reports.

But what does a group of people holding signs and, likely, chanting do?

Okay, but what is the demonstration going to do? You say "police need to know," but it is common knowledge that people are unhappy with the police.

Not to be rude, but what's the point? While the act was horrible, that police department doesn't have any jurisdiction here, nor do we have any influence over that police department, and the cops have all already been charged with murder. What could the demonstration actually do?

EDIT: Nice. Downvote without actually answering the question.

WRTA sucks. It's free now; great. You can not pay for the bus that doesn't come.

But really, why is there a driver shortage? Drivers get good pay.

There are people asking for money all over the city. Can these people not be trained to drive buses and, when that's been done, they get a decent middle-class lifestyle?

Like I said, your comment was dumb - my opinion - and I'm not sure it crossed any actual lines.

I hope the business thrives. There are many gay bars in America, but only a few dozen lesbian bars, and it would be a nice accomplishment for Worcester to be one of the very few cities that actually has such a bar.

You might not know this, but bars label themselves all the time. Have you heard of "Irish bars"? Or "jazz bars"? Or "piano bars"?

Well, you wrote

>It’s not “a good bar”. It’s not a “friendly bar”, it’s not a “neighborhood bar”. It’s a “lesbian bar”. Identity politics at its worst. In the restaurant business you want to be an inviting welcoming place, this is the antithesis of that. I’m honestly surprised they found financing.

I don't know if it technically crossed a line, but it's pretty dumb. Also, I'm a straight guy and I've been to lesbian bars, with lesbian friends who've invited me. No one excluded me for being a guy, and I wasn't victimized by identity politics.

What management can do is very limited. The police union is pretty extreme, and they have a lot of power over the department.

In Shrewsbury on Route 20, where there used to be a drive in movie theater.

What's the deal? Why are there so many people there?

You should go to live in the country.

Verizon offers a $50 monthly 5G service (with the autopay discount) that is really good. You order the service and they ship you a little cube that you plug in and that gives you really good Wi-Fi. It's not available everywhere in the city, but it's definitely the better and cheaper option where it is. It's different from FIOS.

But my point was that him losing the race against Kennedy wasn't imply people rejected him; many saw him and Kennedy as not much different, but just didn't like Colorio becoming interim mayor.

Sure, but the main argument of the opposition was that if Joe wins, he'd no longer be mayor, and Colorio would take over.

Pretty much an endorsement.

I've resided in a bunch of different places, and that's generally true, except for New York. I've never really heard a New Yorker trash talk the city. Chicago, yes; LA, yes; but NYC, no.

Worcester is weird, though, in that many people seem actively offended if you say it's a nice place.

Eastcide! I haven't thought about them in years. Actually, decades!

Ugh, I wish I could go to a show like those again. I had a friend who used to be in one of those bands, a few friends but one really close friend, and he his band had a band room in one of those old warehouses on Cambridge Street. Awesome place to hang out, too.

Exactly! I miss places like those!

Dude, I would go to a place like you describe with my friends every night they were open.

There used to be a dessert place on Shrewsbury Street that was like that. Il Dolce?