The 'Green Screen Tavern' had been rumored to have a way of getting around the police crack down by having people be 'invisible' to security cameras. The parking lot also appeared empty.









Mayor Welsh announced in a statement on Monday that police had investigated and stopped a social gathering in violation of Massachusetts statewide order around 1 a.m. on Sunday. He said police also informed him that his wife was there. The patrons had been using 'green screen' costumes to bypass the security cameras and get into the club without registering on the police CCTV cameras mounted on nearby utility poles.

"I instructed the Police Chief to treat her as he would any citizen violating the 'Stay At Home' order and to ensure that she received no special treatment," Welsh's statement read.





Massachusetts stay at home order prohibits all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or living unit. The Boson Police Department said in a press release it had received several complaints that the tavern was continuing to operate on weekends.

Officers found no unauthorized activity until Sunday when "several individuals were located inside The Green Screen Tavern in an area outside public view, clearly disregarding the executive order and public pleas for compliance," according to the release. The clever costumes were not able to evade the CCTV cameras completely after police were alerted to the situation and gave the area special attention.





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Boson police confirmed that officers issued a criminal complaint for reckless conduct -- a class A misdemeanor charge punishable by up to 364 days in jail and/or a fine of $2,500 -- to everyone who had gathered at the bar.

The mayor said in his statement that he was embarrassed by his wife's actions.

"My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she exhibited a stunning lack of judgement," Walker said. "She now faces the same consequences for her ill-advised decision as the other individuals who chose to violate the 'Stay At Home' order during this incident."

"I am embarrassed by this incident and apologize to the citizens and residents of Boson for any embarrassment this incident may cause our City," he added.

Some of those arrested complained that they were put in cells with people who had been arrested sleeping on the street who were coughing and sneezing and claimed to be sick with the COVID-19 infection.





"Support your local police state!" the mayor added.

Boson MASS: Mayor Martin Welsh pleaded with residents last week to follow the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 'stay at home' order. After officers reported that people were continuing to defy the rules, the mayor said he had directed the city's police department to use its discretion in issuing citations and arrests."These are very serious times and I'm begging you to please stay at home," Martin J. Welsh, mayor of Boson, Massachusetts, said in a briefing on Friday. Less than 48 hours later, police broke up a gathering at Vinnie's Green Screen Tavern near an off ramp of the Southeast Expressway. Among those in attendance: Welsh's wife.