GRANT, J.
During the evening of April 19, 1976, Richard Poleet stopped his car on Eustis Street in Boston for a red light at the intersection of that street and Harrison Avenue. A crowd of youths had congregated on the sidewalks surrounding the intersection for the purpose of engaging in the vicious pastime known as "playing the lights." As the light changed and the Poleet car started forward, it was pelted with missiles thrown by members of the crowd. A brick went...
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