Agents of chaos descended en masse on the South End, West Roxbury, and Randolph communities last weekend and prompted an uproar after a Boston Police cruiser was destroyed when it was set ablaze by fireworks.

Members of the group in the South End – apparently numbering around 100 – reportedly were street-racing and fighting while some were surrounding and vandalizing police vehicles. Two young men from Rhode Island were arrested in the South End incident.

The next day brought condemnation from officialdom and declarations by our police commissioner and other municipal elected officials that Boston “would not tolerate this behavior.”

With all due respect, it is tolerated, and it has been for a few years now and it’s not just the South End or West Roxbury. These car meets and incredibly l

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