After airport arrest, driver apparently trolled Craigslist for witnesses

she makes some good points.

Wow. I guess she kept drinking AFTER she got home, too.

This woman sounds like a real lunatic. She's exhibiting some kind of paranoia here. All she had to do was MOVE THE CAR.....Sheesh.

Reference this morning's Globe story quoting officers (not the one at the airport) who reported "Matron" had an OPEN CONTAINER in the Mercedes and her breath smelled of ALCOHOL. She must have snorted a few later on whilst on craigslist too.
Too rich!

They say she had alcohol on her breath and a cup of booze in the car. She was probably drunk-posting, LOL!!!

well said "Matron" the police have been militarized and we are living in an encroaching police state. And the Globe and the controlled establishment media smear and attack anyone who fights the NWO.

How many Americans know the Federal Reserve System (our "money") is a privately run banking institution that ISN'T part of the U.S. government and it is 70% owned by foreign banks?

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Can you say booze soaked nut job?

Oy vey.

It cant be her! 57 isnt middle aged!!

bahahaaaaaaaaaa

What a stupid person.

This cant be real

did she mention anything in her 4AM post about having "alcohol on her breath" or an open container as the Trooper's report states? did she mention whether she picked up her husband before she took off on the PIke or left him at Logan?

i'm sick and tired of these elitest, privileged, haughty scumbags not having to play by the rules just like everyone else. for the first time in your life, when you screw up: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS

This dame ought to hang it up!!!

"Middle-aged"? I think she's being a little too generous...

Her sense of entitlement is truly astounding.

I'd go as far to say that the State Police ask everyone parked in a bus lane to move to the cell phone lot when picking up arriving guest at the airport. I highly doubt they are *waiting* for specific individuals to *target*.

Follow the rules like the rest of us and you would have gone home and had a nice dinner with your husband.

Oh, please.

What a loser.

To "Matron" -- Sweetie, since 9/11, nobody at any airport in any city or town has been able to pull up at a curb, park and wait for ANYONE and your husband is no exception! You DO remember 9/11, do you not?? You need to wake up and stop looking for people to lie for you! Face it, you were wrong. Did you actually think you could get away with running over a state policeman?? Deal with it - you blew it big time!

Sounds like someone thinks they are entitled to do whatever they want...

Yesterday I saw a lady (I'll try not to stereotype but I'd say she was 'retired') who didn't think she had to take the time to find a parking spot like the rest of us, and instead parked blocking a fire hydrant... what makes it worse is that she obviously didn't have the time to actually park either, so she stopped in the middle of the street, adjascent to the space open by the fire hydrant, while she went into the bank.

Honestly some people think and act like they are the only people in the world that matter. I don't like it as much as anyone else but we have to share this space we were given to live on. Those who think they are above the rest of us trying to get to and from work or do our errands deserve whatever is coming to them. Their parents would NOT be proud.

I've seen the troopers at the airport. They have no over sight and they forget who pays their salary. They make situations dangerous with the buses zipping in and out. If it is true he banged on her vehicle she has every right to sue the State and the State Police. I would render judgement against the state in any lawsuit against the State Police at the airport. They need to be put in their place.

This women is more of an entitlement wack job then I originally thought, wrap her head in tin foil and lock her up.

Haha...Mrs. Greer thinks immigrants and teenagers are helpless! She has more problems than initially thought. She needs to adjust her perspective on life.

She is right and wrong. The cops at the airport think are real jerks. Are they potecting Bush in Iraq? But unfortunatley, you have to obey them. HOWEVER, somehting should be done about their demeanor. I've been there super-early, parked safe and out of the way and they turn the lights on you and give you that "tough-guy" look. Like I'm any kind of a threat to them? Is this attitude necessary?

Perhaps everyone is entitled to a super knee-jerk lapse in judgment...perhaps. But what is super excellent here is following it up with another...taking your whiny law-breaking suv-driving plight to the internet and expecting to a) get support and b) remain anonymous. Hilarious!

I think she's crazy!

Hey hag Greer, you are not entitled to anything. You broke the law. Sober up and take responsibilty for your drunk/pill addicted actions. The witnesses you seek will not help you one bit. Society as a whole are sick and tired of people like you. You and your lame attorney, who will no doubt twist the facts to get you off suck. How you sleeping at night knowing you will probally have a criminal record. If Smith Barney does not can you me and my money will be elsewhere.

The spirit of Leona Helmsley lives on...

Yikes! Does she really believe she's above the law? Hopefully this experience will bring her giant ego back to earth.

what a wack job

Its Justice.
A woman backed her car into me while I was standing in the crosswalk but I was ok, just a bump. A Logan State Trooper came over to me and thinking he was going to ask if I'm ok, I said "i'm Ok." He instead said "you kicked her car," which I had not. The officer kept pressing me like I was suddenly going to admit the act then threatened to arrest me on disorderly conduct (as i was furious and having a hard time remaining calm). Even when eye witnesses told the officer I did not kick the woman's car, he still would not back down.
To the staties at logan, keep it up. What goes around comes around. Don't let them get the best of you Margret.

Listen to all of the 'holier than thou' respondents out there......I'm sure if it were you in the hot-seat you'd want everyone else to remember that you were "innocent until PROVEN guilty". Give this poor woman a break.....unless you think you would have reacted dramatically different in this situation. The police, after all, have been known on occasion (as some of you may or may not know) to be a little hazy on the truth, especially when it's in their best interest to do so.

Greer is 100% right in her "lecture"; ever watch COPS? plus she got the added benefit of Gestapo Staties providing "security" at the airport - thank GOD they are their keeping America Safe from Old Ladies!!
Another scene from Homeland Security Theatre....

Lady, get used to respecting the State Troopers. If anything happens at Logan in terms of security issues, we'll all want the MSP to respond quickly. People who do not move when directed could be a possible diversionary device for some other more serious matter. These guys need our respect and cooperation. LATER, if you are wronged, tell the judge or a supervisor that you had a problem, but at the moment, please do what you are told. When someone is willing to put his life on the line for me, I'm going to respect him/her and ask questions in a calmer time. And yes, I'd like to be able to wait to pick up my friends as well, but I will move when told.

Get a job.

I agree with her last comment in this article, but I would add another class of people that are easy targets for policemen: people who challenge the cop's authority, instead of being submissive. Often the cop is a rude bully subconsciously looking for someone naive,drunk, or full of themselves to disrespect the cop, so that they can then exert their authority. Im guessing the cop was a jerk and that Ms. Greer is full of herself and was a jerk back. She loses that contest everytime

Arrogance seethes from the financial community.

A lot of us drive to the airport to pick up or drop off family and friends and it gets chaotic around there. It's because of morons like Greer that one day, we all will have to park a mile away from the airport and take a bus to the terminals! Reading some of her comments, I really think she needs help...very angry woman!

I'm glad she's not managing my portfolio!!

does this work?

No comments?? Everybody must be commenting on Obama giving the Queen of England an ipod.

I don't know what to think of this: craigslist r&r, the most vile, filthy place on the internet, is influencing the news now? This is truly the beginning of the end.

Greer . . . Idiot!
The same arrogance that so many other people in the investment industry (and it is an industry) have.
They just don't get it.

I am a police officer and I give this Trooper alot of credit for not discharging or even drawing his weapon. This woman clearly had no regard for this Troopers saftey or well being. The problem is that she is going to walk on some misdemeanor asault charge. In my book this is attempted murder or at the very least asault with a deadly weapon along with many motor vehicle violations. The Trooper invloved should be aplauded for keeping his cool and keeping public saftey in mind by not drawing his weapon during a potentially deady situation.

SP did put out a contrlled explanation> If the scene was as she says there should be witnesses to the incident

This happened at Logan. There must be video of the incident from about ten different angles. Proof is in the pudding. Release the video, and we'll get a better idea of what actually happened.

Cannot wait to see how they throw the book @ this woman!!! What a joke she is.

Craiglists not only provides the largest source of prostitutes in the US, but now you can also outsource your own criminal alibi.

There are signs at the airport saying you can not park in front of the terminal. If you weren't gonna move, then that leads to suspicion and could result in deadly force, especially at an airport. And for you not to realize that 5 cops were behind you trying to pull you over is just stupid. How dumb can you be to not follow a simple law of, pull over! when a cop is behind you. Wow, the general public just gets dumber and dumber every day. Common sense people.... Oh and the cops dont pick on teens and immigrants, its themselves who are dumb enough to get themselves in whatever situation they bring.

This lady has lost it. Trolling for help online. All she had to do was move her car when the officer asked her to and there would have been no incedent. It is a simple law that no curbside parking is allowed at Logan. You can't sit in your car and wait for your pick up to come to the curb. You pull up, they get in and you leave. It really isn't that hard. She has the "I'm better than everyone else and the law so I can do what I want" attitude. Te judge needs to make her pay for her immature actions and make her pick up trash at the airport pick up/drop offs and watch how people pick people up at the airport properly.

Liberal rhetoric. I wonder how much she donates to alternative, bleeding heart causes.

Really? You think this was actually her? Are you not familiar with craigslist or any other online forum? I would think that you would realize that online, anyone can claim to be anyone else.

It's really easy to do!

At some point in my twisted life I realized the police are here for my own protection. To deny their request, especially at an airport (yes, even un-friendly Logan) is simply not the smartest thing to do. I hope you realize why this is serious.

I bet she's got some unpaid taxes, too.

As someone who has been harassed by those wacked out Staties at Logan for picking up my teenage daughter off a flight, I can see where this woman is coming from. So many cops just abuse the law abiding passive citizen, but look the other way when something big is going down. Five state police cruisers to pull over an ordinary middle aged woman non-criminal? What a joke!

let's face it, Boston cops at the airport have a history of over reacting. And she's right about the low hanging fruit that justify cops jobs while keeping us "safe" ha ha

After seeing what happened to that NFL player in Dallas and now this, is there any doubt that the police are completely out of control

Regardless of the facts of the initial event, what exactly is wrong with posting a request for witnesses on Craigslist? Why is the Boston Globe treating this as some kind of a crime? If this woman has a valid side to her story, it should be heard. There is NOTHING wrong or illegal with this Craigslist article, and shame on the Boston Globe for using this story to smear this woman...

Hey Maggie,
I know you're going to read this. You're just another wealthy, entitled idiot who thinks no rules (or state trooper's orders) apply to you. Hope you go to Framingham.

So, "the Man" is keeping her down? Gimme a break.

Absolutely no sympathy. The level of entitlement is astounding but unfortunately not surprising. I hope they throw the book at her but bet her high priced lawyer will get her out of it.

Sounds like she started drinking again when she got home, then started drunk posting.
Why didn't the police give her a breathalyzer?

Mercedes Benz ML320 is an SUV but some may call it a "VAN" if they wish...it's not that far off

My advice to the 'Matron' is as follows:
1. Post videos on YouTube, showing re-enactments of the incidents.
2. Send letters to local newspapers, Globe, Herald, Wellesley Wingnut etc.
3. Post comments on Boston.com, to ensure maximum exposure.
4. Grant interviews to anyone who asks, TV, Radio, Web, print media.
5. Sell your story to the highest bidder.
6. Profit!

this story gets better and better. my hope is she gets some serious jail time just for being such a snobby person.

I think she has friends in the blog-master community... this one is being censored BIG TIME...

Middle ages woman with no prrevious contact with police...She was scared and the oficer did not help matters by being overly aggressive. Police these days are out of control and in need of mental health therapy. They are over zealous in their application of the law and are self serving rather than serving the public.....

Hmm....Could it be that the cop saw the woman in a fancy car, and was let's say, less than polite in asking her to move? In my experience, I've yet to be politely or calmly asked to move by police at the airport, be they staties, or any other agency. If I had the time, I'd go to the trial to hear what both sides say.

"Respect" That's what this is all about. Why couldn't the the two of them simply respect each other, then none of this nonsense would occur.

It's simple...

This weekend I saw a lady park her car in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD because she was too important to spend time looking for a spot and walking to the bank. There was an open space right in front of the bank but there was a hydrant there. Not only did she decide she was going to block the hydrant, she also decided her time was too important to waste parallel parking. I couldn't believe it really, right on Washington St. in Brookline, around 11 A.M., and less than a block from the police station., there is a car parked in the middle of the road, essentially double parking an open space in front of a hydrant,.

The point of the story is that the world today is full of people who feel like they are entitled to do whatever they darn well please. We've done it to ourselves really by raising our kids to feel nothing but victory and success, to the point where eventually society feels as though they should never have to feel disappointment, that they can have everything their way when they want it.

Listen up people, we all have to share this earth. The space that makes up my commute to work is shared by thousands of people, and each one of them has a life that is just as important to them as mine is to me. WAKE UP. Look around when you're walking on the sidewalk, don't stand in the doors on the T so OTHER PEOPLE can use the train too, don't park in handicap spots if you aren't handicapped. They may seem like small things but they make EVERYONE'S life alot more enjoyable.

This lady's actions are pathetic but we all know there are plenty of other people out there who feel just as entitled and don't hesitate to put their wants and needs ahead of someone who may already be waiting in line.

Such disgusting behavior by women who in theory has Harvard Education. But who has behavior one would expect to see on a bad TV comedy. I hope that her years at the other Framingham State may change her demeanor. Not even a word of apology to the man whom she attempted to allegedly to kill.

I don't mean to minimize the possible harm to the Trooper, but this is a pretty entertaining story -- and will probably only get better. The level of entitlement here is just off the charts. Not too many DA's are lucky enough to get a defendant who posts comments admitting to being told to stop and then fleeing the scene. Yeah, I'm sure she's looking forward to her day in court -- a Suffolk County jury will just LOVE her.

looks like the Boston police is just as powerful as the mexican police

I for one agree with her!

She will not get any time in jail with the juries and judges in this state. Look at those who are given probation or a cwof for a serious crime.

She should htank her lucky stars that the police did not submit her to a sobriety test! Since when is having a "glass with an alcoholic drink in it" while driving legal? Would love to hear her excuse for that....

well... I think she's done a stupid thing. And she won't get too much sympathy in her Mercedes SUV, these days (which she obviously recognizes herself, hence the "silver van" in the craigslist posting!)
BUT I have seen the Staties do some really stupid things at Logan too, and elsewhere. Common sense is often in short supply (maybe their hats are too tight???) They act like automatons. Logan has not figured out where people can "hover" while someone picks up their suitcases. Other airports have a "cellphone" lot where you can park while waiting to hear that your person is ready to be picked up.
For sure, "Matron" should not have parked in the bus lane, true - did she offer to drive around again? to move on and come back? it seems perhaps not.

There's a reason they're called pigs. F Troop at the airport are a bunch of bloated swine who are waiting for retirement or have buddies in high places.

Remember, the 9/11 highjackers breezed through Logan Airport. Lotta good the cops there do.

Clearly delusional and addle-brained. Listen up folks: when a State trooper tells you that you're parked in the bus lane and have to move, you move. You do not roll up your window and ignore him, never mind go for a ride with him hanging on to the side. The reserved bus lane is reserved for buses, please make a note of it. Apparently, you are not the center of the universe.
And for all you people who posted yesterday about how MEAN the staties at the airport are, put yourself in thier shoes for a minute: It's your job to keep people moving, and every single person wants to negotiate with you, and explain why they are the exception. " Of Course I"M not a terrorist, go bother the

REAL ones". You'd get mean real quick too.

I have every hope and expectation that a State Trooper will attempt to arrest a person who commits a felony. He was attempting to write her a ticket and she decided that she no longer wanted to hang around. Once she bumped him… that was a felony. This dim whit should have more respect for the men and women who put themselves in harm's way every day. I guess this woman feels that she is above a lowly public servant and does not need to follow the rules. Let me know how prison food tastes.

Sounds like she had a Mazilli moment. I'm moving my money to Fidelity.

Typical Harvard grad. The ivy league educated brought down Wall Street and dog garn it they will bring down troopers too. They are very educated.

Librul Globe trying to smeer this woman. Just because she works in finance and gave moneys to Bush doesnt mean shes guilty of anything. You libruls are always trying to put down anyone who makes more money then you did.
Stay strong Mrs Greer. We surround them!!

as with almost everything, I am sure the truth is somewhere in the middle. Matron is probably a yuppie, entitlement, impressed-with-herself, privileged one who feels she can park where ever she likes. And I have had many pick-ups in the active, car, pick-up lane at Logan and the troopers are arrogant and obnoxious while allowing 0 time for cars to stop and pick people up.
Go figure.

oh no,,,,,,how tragic...the chauffeur had the night off and Mrs. Swell Person had to drive to the airport.. Only an entitled idiot would end up refusing to go to the cell phone lot, trying to run over a police officer (trying to protect all of us), and then engage in a police chase. What will the cronies at the country club think now!? Book 'em Danno!

I sure wish people would stop bashing the cops. When someone steals your stereo, who you gonna call, your broker? Staties at the airport have a very stressful assignment, from watching morons park, to keeping an eye out for the occasional fundamentalist trying to ambush his way into paradise. To say that they are simply reactionary is to minimize the security they provide. Personally, I have been to Logan literally hundreds of times, and every time I go, I realize that there's going to be a Statie right there, and he's going to tell me to move it along twenty seconds after I arrive. I have no problem with that, since i'd rather live in a country where a cop can tell me to move my car, and not have to live with the fear that a Mazda 626 packed with 400 lbs of plastic explosve may be double parked at the curb. Kind of an easy trade-off, wouldn't you say?

I've had my share of run-ins with the staties at Logan, especially trying to pick up an elderly relative who doesn't move fast enough for them. The cell phone lot really makes things a lot easier. But even given the generally rude state troopers, this woman's reaction was waaaay over the top and continues to be. Running down an officer and then fleeing is more than a momentary lapse of judgment. And then comparing herself to teenagers and poor immigrants?! Somehow the image of a poor investment banker white woman from Wellesley fails to rise to the level of "oppression" she wants us to buy into. As for needing five cruisers, remember that the five cruisers aren't so much catch her but to protect the public from someone who has behaved erratically and dangerously.

Umm, suzyf, Logan DOES have a cell phone lot.

those troopers are losers, they think they own the airport...put themselves in harms way? you clown....they patrol the highways and sit in break down lanes at night to catch people going 60 in a 50.....what big men they are...let me buy them a pack of gum and show them how to chew it..most of them couldn't find the couch in the living room....namaste

When a cop asks you to move along, you move along. You don't argue or fight with him, you do as you are asked.

I mean, you can't sit idling at the airport anymore... Hello? 9/11 anyone? It isn't like Boston was involved in 9/11 at all... or, wait... Gee, I seem to remember that a couple of those planes took off FROM LOGAN! So, security is something they probably take quite seriously...

This woman was driving around with an open container, and wouldn't move when asked by a MSP officer. *I* have to follow the commands of the police. *I* am not allowed to drive with an open beer or cocktail in my car. Why does Ms. Greer seem to think she is above me? Or you? Or any of us? Who cares if she is a Harvard grad? Too much book learnin' rotted away any portion of common sense she had. That or her brain is soaked in too much gin...

I'm not going to read the current 79 comments before posting, so I apologize if this has been covered. I'm getting a very entitled, neo-Con, GOPer read from this woman who seems to be channeling Glenn Beck's 9-12 Project rant. This woman is a loon.

Having recently witnessed a MA state police officer lecture, scream, berate, and yell at my wive in front of our two young kids, for driving 60 mph in a 55 mph strech of I93, I have lost all respect for the MA state police. Whats worse is my kids have as well. These guys are not being hired for the right reasons. The problem is even worse in my local pd. In 5 years time my local pd has killed 3 people for similar altercations that could and should have been handeled much different. These guys should not be public employees with such horrible attitudes

All of you people defending her and claiming that you were only going to be "ONE MINUTE" while you picked up your daughter, son or spouse...

A) HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE PARKING GARAGE?

B) Have you ever watched the news lately or even any movies about Viet Nam? The terrorists USE kids, women and yes, OLD PEOPLE, because they are automatically thought of as being "safe"!! Ask anybody who has been in Iraq, Afghanistan or Nam!

@Steve:

Defendants are ordered not to contact witnesses. It could be construed as a violation of that order.

Raoul, actually they breezed through Portland's airport. Did you you ever wonder why they are so grouchy? It's because they have to put up with entitled drunks who think they are above the law every day. This one is just nuttier and more dangerous.

Unfortunately most of the commentary here is from small-minded, mean-spirited peons who just want to take pleasure in seeing a rich person - any rich person - take a fall. Maybe she was out of line. maybe she wasn't...I don't know, I wasn't there (and neither were any of you). Here's what I DO know. I've had many encounters with the staties at Logan while picking up my wife who travels a lot on business. I've been waved along many times and had to circle the airport or wait in a parking lot. With few or maybe even no exceptions, the attitude and conduct of the troopers I've encountered has ranged from merely unfriendly to amazingly hostile and rude. I've had them threaten me when, instead of leaving instantly I presumed to ask something like, if there was short term-parking nearby, or could I call my wife's cel to see if she was ten seconds from reaching the curb. If Ms Greer was stupid or arrogant enough to actually do what the trooper is claiming she did, she'll get what's coming to her...but in any case I can totally sympathize with her indignation if she got the same treatment I've always gotten at Logan.

1. The lady is clearly in the wrong. She was parking at the bus lane and refused to move when told so. Her sense of entitlement is sickening.
2. Nonetheless, Boston cops are a bunch of over paid, lazy, greedy, corrupt goons. They are the highest paid in the nation but only 1/4 of the city's murders result in conviction. Just about every time a sport team wins here they end up killing some drunken students. The globe not so long ago had an article on how they themselves park at handicapped spots and will never get ticketed.
3. The lady's rant is true, cops do go for easy convictions and generally prey on the weak. But given this lady's background she is hardly "helpless". There are far more people in this state getting screwed over by the system.

Something similar happened to me at Logan Airport. Several years ago on a during a winter blizzard. I dropped a friend to catch a flight, on my way to work. Then asked a Trooper if I could use the Ted Williams Tunnell at that time it was reserved for commercial only. I explained that it was a more direct route to my office and asked for an exception due to the severe weather. He became enraged and pulled me out of my car then pushed me against the side of my car. The trooper's last name was Boone. He was a short little tyrant, I'll never forget it.

"I sure wish people would stop bashing the cops. When someone steals your stereo, who you gonna call, your broker?"

You might as well. I've had my stereo stolen (among other things in my apartment, laptop etc) and you know how much was recovered with the help of the cops? Zero. Do you know how much interest and effort the cops showed in my situation? Zero. Do you know what zero times any other number is? Zero.

The staties at Logan are jerks. They don't do anything with even a modicum of respect to the people who pay their bills. We don't know what the truth here is, and we still live in an innocent until proven guilty society. I can see her being a jerk, but I have never seen any statie at Logan NOT be a jerk.

She's entitled! She's from Wellesley and drives a Mercedes. Reminds me of Leona Helmsley!

Matron is a freak, but it's true that gung-ho cops can ruin your day for no good reason. There are a lot of them, too. I'm not anti-cop (my brother is a deputy and I know several in the PD), but there are clearly some who have a badge and shouldn't. There are some who will find a way to arrest someone if they don't like their attitude, even if that person is justified in being upset. I've also been in cars at 110 on the freeway because the driver was a cop and didn't have to worry about getting a ticket. Some cops drive drink a lot for that same reason. It's just the truth.