Deval Patrick Doesn't Care About Safety; Cops Working Details Do

There are some stories that no reporter should ever have to cover objectively, and yesterday's rift between off-duty police officers and civilian flaggers is definitely one of them. I give props to the Globe and Herald for trying, though, as it must have been difficult to avoid mocking police officers who for years pocketed extraordinary amounts of detail dough to talk on cell phones were ironically interfering with traffic and harassing people while hollering that Governor Patrick doesn't care about safety. Personally, I would be incapable of covering this without accusing them of being greedy bastards.  

Be sure to check today's Globe article, as well as the Herald article on line - the more than 300 combined reader comments show where Commonwealth residents stand on this one. Also - if anybody out there knows someone who agrees with the police on this issue - and who isn't a cop or someone who is financially attached to and/or in love with and/or being blackmailed by a police officer - please have them email me (cfaraone@thephoenix.com), as I would love to post that interview right here on the Phlog.