Massholes, Rhodey riffraff keeping cops, tow drivers busy on Temple Place downtown

For the past couple of days, Mary Hurley has been chronicling the people who park on narrow Temple Place, blocking in Silver Line buses at either end of the short downtown street that is supposed to serve as the SL5's starting and ending points.

Around 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, somebody from Rhode Island parked a pickup just past the intersection with Washington Street, keeping a Silver Line driver from making the turn into the Temple Place stop.

Police who assembled at the scene called in a tow truck, but before it arrived, they removed a "very cute dog" and gave it some water:

Around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a Masshole at the other end of Temple Place blocked a Silver Line bus from leaving:

Less than ten minutes later, a tow-truck driver arrived - escorted by some BPD motorcycle cops - and gave the car the hook:

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