U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark’s daughter, Riley Dowell, “aggressively” lunged towards individuals of the anti-abortion Nationwide Males’s March in downtown Boston Saturday earlier than a Boston police officer arrested her, in keeping with a police report.
Dowell, 24, was arraigned Monday in a Roxbury courtroom on a cost of disorderly conduct however is prone to have her case related to the rowdy conflict between marchers and counter-protesters dismissed if she completes 40 hours of group service, in keeping with court docket data.
Two law enforcement officials posted at Brookline and Commonwealth Avenues for crowd management noticed Dowell lunge “toward a crowd from the march aggressively,” a police report included in court docket filings mentioned.
“The officer was afraid that Dowell was going to assault someone in the crowd,” the police report mentioned. “Officer Joseph observed Dowell reaching into his pockets, at which point the officer placed Dowell in handcuffs. Officer brought Dowell away from the crowd into the K202D wagon and placed Dowell under (arrest).”
Dowell is referred to within the police report and court docket data by her start identify, Jared Dowell. She has since transitioned from male to feminine.
Legal professional Josh Raisler Cohn, who was appointed by the court docket to signify Dowell throughout Monday’s arraignment, mentioned a clerk Justice of the Peace discovered there “was no probable cause for any crime other than the very low-level misdemeanor of disorderly conduct.”
“Everyone who received those low-level charges was offered a disposition where the charges will be dismissed upon the completion of community service,” Raisler Cohn mentioned in a press release to the Herald.
Clark’s daughter was beforehand arrested in January 2023 for assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and vandalizing the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Widespread.
That case was set to be dismissed if she accomplished 30 hours of group service, wrote an apology letter to the Boston cop she allegedly hit within the face, and paid the town again for cleansing up the graffiti.
Within the cost stemming from her Saturday arrest, a clerk mentioned Dowell should present a letter to the court docket “showing the work performed by defendant at 501(c)(3) organization” to have the case dismissed.
If Dowell finishes the group service, her presence at a March 17, 2025 listening to can be waived, in keeping with the court docket data.
In a press release to the Herald Monday, Clark, who serves because the Democratic whip within the U.S. Home, mentioned “each American has the proper to protest and get up for his or her beliefs, however they need to achieve this responsibly and peacefully.”
Dowell was amongst 18 arrested when the “National Men’s March” and a counter-protest clashed in a chaotic scene that noticed the 2 sides allegedly scream and shout at one another, in keeping with a police report.
Almost all the different folks arrested had been additionally allowed to finish 40 hours of group service to have their circumstances dismissed. One one who is accused of assaulting a police officer didn’t obtain the choice to finish group service hours, in keeping with court docket data.
Counter-protesters blocked the trail of the “National Men’s March” and “at times (turned) their rage at officers by threatening them, screaming fighting words, and attempting to agitate them,” the report mentioned.
“It should be noted that these officers at the scene were tasked with protecting the First Amendment rights of all, maintaining order, protecting the lives of the individuals from all sides, as well as arresting any violators,” the police report mentioned.
The particular person accused of assaulting a police officer, Kelly Ingersoll, 34, of Wakefield, was allegedly “berating protesters and officers” for near an hour at Kenmore Sq., in keeping with a separate police report.
An officer requested Ingersoll to maneuver away from the march however Ingersoll “continued to berate” the officer and refused to maneuver, telling police they “only cared about protecting members of the Men’s March,” the report mentioned.
After a second request to maneuver away, Ingersoll allegedly “turned her towards the officer, stepped towards and spit into the face of the officer,” in keeping with the police report.
Police then arrested Ingersoll and charged her with assault and battery on a police officer, the report mentioned.
