Growing Safety Concerns at the Boston Common: ‘We Call the Police Every Night'

There is a constant buzz of activity on one of the busiest corners in Boston. People in the area know the problems firsthand. The trouble has been around for a long time, they say, intensifying during the pandemic. Trash and empty liquor bottles are spilling over from the common. There was a recent nearby stabbing. And people are doing drugs out in the open with alarming frequency.