MDC Police Remove Sign Near East Blue Hills - 'Trump' Visible From Southeast Expressway Creating 'Hazard' To Driving

 


October 7, 2020 By David Jordanson

Officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Boson) knocked down giant white letters spelling “TRUMP” on the hillside of someone’s private property on Tuesday, citing it as a “life and safety issue.”

“This was a life and safety issue because there were concerns about distracted driving,” Chief Public Information Officer for Boson Lauren Wonder said.

The sign was located at the entrance to the East Blue Hills Reservation just outside of the largely blue and Democratic-run Quincy adjacent to highway I93/ Southeast Xway.

The first report of the sign came right before 7 a.m. from someone who “was apparently concerned it could spark a blaze” following multiple “destructive brush fires in the past few years.”

Despite its distance from the highway, the responding officers from the Metropolitan District Commission Police recorded the sign as a “traffic hazard” as people on the nearby highway began to decelerate to take pictures of the sign during their morning commutes.

By 9 a.m. that same morning, an MDC Police SWAT unit entered the private property and “laid it down so it wasn’t a visual distraction.” The sign was not fully removed but is no longer erected on the hillside.

Traffic slowed to a halt on the highway as people stopped to watch the military style assault on the Trump sign.  Many assumed it was an 'active shooter' situation and blamed right wing 'white nationalists.'  

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation did not respond for comment, so it is unclear if the owner of the property was notified before the sign was disassembled. It is also unclear who erected the sign in the first place.  MDC police said they had 'no motive, at this time.' 

*DavidJordanson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

 

MDC Police Remove Sign Near East Blue Hills - 'Trump' Visible From Southeast Expressway Creating 'Hazard' To Driving

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