Firefighters working on the Celtics Championship Parade on Friday returned to search out their private autos “severely damaged and vandalized,” the Boston firefighters union president stated Sunday.
“On Friday, after spending the day providing emergency services to the parade crowd, some of our members assigned to the firehouse got back to quarters to discover that a few of their vehicles had been severely damaged,” Boston Firefighters Native 718 President Sam Dillon stated Sunday.
The union president issued a name on X, previously Twitter, to the general public Sunday for any data which will assist establish the perpetrators answerable for the damages and saying “we will not tolerate the disrespect of our Members.”
Photographs from the parade Dillon posted alongside the message present parade goers sitting, standing and strolling on a number of autos. The pictures present denting to the automobiles roofs and a “Sorry” scrawled in blue on one windshield together with two scribbles.
Boston Police didn’t instantly reply to an inquiry about investigations into the damages as of Sunday night time.
“Unacceptable & criminal behavior to damage and destroy vehicles of residents and our first responders, including the personal vehicles @BostonFire,” Metropolis Councilor Ed Flynn wrote in a submit on X. “I am now calling for an investigation to identify those involved in this criminal activity. They must pay for the damage!”
Firefighters are encouraging anybody with data to succeed in out to Boston Police, Dillon stated, and inspiring anybody who is aware of they had been concerned to “demonstrate accountability, reach out and make this right.”
The union president known as the actions demoralizing and argued the firefighters can be the primary folks to step in in the event that they’d seen this occur to another person’s automotive.
“This was a great day for our city, literally a banner day,” Dillon stated. “A Celtics victory parade, you can’t really beat that. We don’t want the unfortunate, immature actions of a few to overshadow a great day for our city. That being said, this did happen, and we just want to see it addressed and resolved.”
Two folks had been arrested on the parade Friday — one for disorderly conduct and vandalism of public property after climbing a dangerous mild poles on Tremont Road and the opposite for assault and battery on Boylston Road.
