In the old days they’d have had to shoot it

A woman on South End Road called for a badge at about 1:45 a.m. on July 5 after mixing it up with a neighbor. According to her statement, she’d been snug abed when, at about 1:30, she heard a loud noise outside and rose to discover her rocking horse apparently run over and lying in the driveway behind her car, and her neighbor and his friend walking away from his car. She inquired as to why he’d run down her rocking horse, but he merely laughed and retired to his apartment, directly above her own. Angered, she intended to drive over to her mom’s house, but said that as she started to leave the two men came out and started banging on her hood. Startled, she “bumped” the rocking horse with her car, then ran back inside and called the cops. For his part, the neighbor denied hitting the toy horse or pounding on the woman’s car, but both he and his friend clearly recalled seeing their accuser back into the plastic pony, run over a child seat lying nearby and yell at a neighbor who imprudently came out to see what all the ruckus was about. At first, the woman told the officer, she’d merely wanted him to compel her neighbor to apologize. Upon reflection, however, she’d decided that he should make two girls staying the night at the man’s apartment go home. Alas, the deputy explained, as far as he could tell no crime had been committed, leaving him no grounds to make anybody go anywhere. Fortunately, the woman and her family are moving soon, and all parties said they’d try to get along till then.

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