Think this guy might get a spot?
Do they say "Hi" when they pass him?
"A badge of sorrow; Former police officer finds himself homeless" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | September 12, 2009
Rogers was asked to retire after a department doctor diagnosed him with bipolar disorder and the department deemed him unfit for duty. The department would not comment on what led to the diagnosis. Rogers, who once owned a Mercedes Benz and a house in Franklin, had to leave Boston and move back in with his mother in North Carolina, sustained only by the partial pension he qualified for after almost 20 years on the force.
After working a series of jobs there, he grew restless and wanted to be near his son and daughter, who live in Milford. He took a Peter Pan bus back up in June, but with no job and no place to go, he moved into Pine Street, where some of those he lives with are not thrilled to be roommates with a former officer.
Oh, yeah, I'm sure they love bunking with him!!!
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Twice, he said, he has been assaulted on the streets after he told strangers to stop doing drugs in public.
Did he scold the gays for public sex?
That would get him an ass-kicking, too!
Last month, a man hit Rogers in the head with a brick when he told him to stop smoking crack, according to a police report.
When you are miserable the last thing you want to hear is some moralizing f***!\
“I keep forgetting I’m not a cop,’’ said Rogers, a tall, clean-shaven man with a soft, gravelly voice that sounds smooth and warm when he sings, as he often does during his daylong jaunts around the city....
Did the BRICK help you remember?
Rogers, smoothing his black silk pants, said: “You’re always a police officer, no matter what.’’
Ready for another beating?
Kind of a switch being on the other end, huh?
For years after the shooting, Rogers appeared to lead a normal life. He and five other officers formed a celebrated singing group called “Voices n’ Blue,’’ which performed for teenagers, politicians, and police officials across the city. As a community service officer who worked with students in the schools, Rogers took teenagers on field trips, like white water rafting in Maine and skiing in New Hampshire....
So what happened?
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Of all the homeless walking around in front of them the Glob chooses a former cop?
Or would no one else talk to them?
