Cops: Firefighter beat up homeless man over slow food order

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Cops: Firefighter beat up homeless man over slow food order
Published 6:26 am, Tuesday, October 13, 2015

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A Brookline firefighter has been arrested after police say he beat up a homeless man for taking too long to order his food at a restaurant.

Police say 37-year-old Joseph Ward, of Boston, punched the man in the face five to seven times, kicked him and threw food and a bottle at him outside of Anna's Taqueria in Brookline on Sunday night.

The victim was taken to the hospital with a laceration to his eyebrow.

WFXT-TV reports Ward did not answer the door Monday night. He is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Cops-Firefighter-beat-up-homeless-man-over-slow-6567893.php

[LiberalArkie]

1. Again, way too much testosterone is being used to bulk up.

[valerief]

7. Yep, another roid rat. nt

[uawchild]

2. oh yeah

Sure does sound like roid rage to me too.

[frylock]

3. Did this asshole get his food any faster?

[bullwinkle428]

4. My first thoughts echo all of the previous replies.

[vkkv]

5. Victim was probably trying to do the math about what menu items he could afford with

the little money that he had on him.

That firefighter is facing federal crimes, now. He could go to jail, lose his job, lose his self-esteem, become a homeless person and get beat up for taking too long to do the math about what menu items he could afford with the little money that he had on him.

Woundn't that be somethin' ?

[Javaman]

10. +1 nt

[jtuck004]

6. As a 40 year user of steroids, I wonder why people here, obviously uneducated about steroids,

want to jump to the defense of bullies and give them an excuse, as if withdrawing the drug would be the equivalent of giving them a "nice" pill to fix your problem.



You want to bet?

I worked next to them in a big city for few years. It's not the steroids. They were bullies when they started, and the public trust just gave them an outlet.

I wonder how many people he has beaten behind closed doors on calls?

On the other hand, in addition to most likely being wrong, you disrespect millions of people, some of them children, who take doctor prescribed steroids for a number of conditions. You inject fear and hostility where people are just trying to seek medical treatment. That is behavior I try to avoid, though others do seem to be comfortable with it.

"Very passionate people", as Donald Trump would say. It seem that one doesn't have to punch and throw bottles to be a bully.

[snooper2]

8. The asshole was probably just drunk but that doesn't stop random speculation

SJW across all spectrum's can be entertaining to interact with


JUMP TO WHATEVER YOU THING THE BANDWAGON WANTS DAMN THE FACTS!

[crim son]

11. I, for one, appreciate your perspective.

I don't know a thing about steroids.

[zalinda]

9. Something was going on in this firefighter's life

A bully usually does not beat up people like that. A bully would have just pushed him out of the way. This sounds more like a person who's back is against the wall, and is striking out. There seems to be more and more people who are having fight or flight moments, in this country. If this pressure continues, expect more and more violence.

Z

[reddread]

12. I believe beating homeless people tends to incite copycat violence

particularly when cops and the color of authority sets the example.
what he did is much worse than whatever he has been through.
really bad things can follow.