South Station's Possible Federal Takeover Worries Some Boston Residents

Jim MacKay reports. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
There's an uneasiness with people who walk through South Station
every day. When discussing the idea of National Guard troops
patrolling Boston's transit hub.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
A little bit nerve recking.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
I'm not gonna lie Joshua was a freshman at Northeastern
who tells me he's not totally against more security, he'd
just rather see it in the former more police officers.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
I would be lying to say that I wasn't nervous
walking the streets.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Boston or Michelle wou last week batted away the idea
of a federal takeover, saying the federal government has no
legal right to do so.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
I feel like a lot of people are very confused
about it.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Katie's a young professional working in town, saying she knows
many people who would take to the streets and protest
if anything like a federal takeover would happen here.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
But they're also very passionate about it.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
From South Station. Jim mcka WBZ, Boston's news radio