Police officers, firefighters, and regular old civilians were to blame in Massachusetts’ most infamous arson spree that took place for a few years back in the early ’80s.
If you’ve seen the movie “Backdraft” (1991), you’ve seen this ironic plot twist play out on the big screen where a firefighter was caught setting fires in protest to budget cuts that subsequently closed fire houses.
Well, that was a movie and this was real life – back in 1980, Boston had plans to layoff 1,100 police officers and firefighters because of a limit on how much tax revenue the city could collect from property taxes…