The “extremely riotous” counter-protesters on the anti-abortion “Men’s March” over the weekend have been reportedly instructed a number of instances to disperse and cease blocking the permitted march earlier than cops began making quite a few arrests, in line with the Boston Police report.
A march towards abortion rights — which billed itself as an occasion to “abolish abortion and rally for personhood” — began exterior of a Deliberate Parenthood in Boston and drew counter-protesters clad in clown gear.
The counter-protesters — known as the “Clown March… to greet them with a joyful display of resistance” — marched to Kenmore Sq., the place they blocked the trail of the permitted “Men’s March.”
“Upon the convergence, each group was screaming/shouting at each other and the opposing (blocking group) at times turning their rage at officers by threatening them, screaming fighting words, and attempting to agitate them,” the Boston Police report reads.
“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 states.
After a while, the counter-protesters have been ordered by the police incident commander to cease blocking the trail of the permitted march.
“Superintendent Cahill ordered the large group several times to end their unlawful, riotous, tumultuous assembly,” the police report reads, later stating, “The crowd refused all orders and continued their tumultuous behavior.”
Cops started to attempt to bodily transfer the group off the road, and clear a secure path for the march.
“This unruly crowd collectively began pushing back at officers, elevating their disorderly and unlawful activity to assaultive,” the police report reads. “This crowd created an extremely hazardous and offensive condition for officers and the individuals of the Men’s Rights Group who were attempting to pass by. After an exhaustive effort, Officers were able to eventually gain enough control to allow the march to proceed through Kenmore Square and towards their destination.
“Despite exploring and attempting all non-arrest efforts, officers made several arrests,” the report states. “Those arrested individuals refused to peacefully disperse, they were extremely riotous and tumultuously assembled, and their behavior created such a hazardous and offensive condition for citizens, the peacefully assembled, and police officers alike, that non-arrest methods applied to the majority could not be applied to them.”
Boston Police launched the names, ages and residences of the 17 folks arrested:
- Jennifer Adams, 52, of Natick
- Aidan Burke, 24, of Dorchester
- Laurel Clapp, 25, of Amherst
- Julia Coughlin, 26, of Portland, Maine
- Jared Dowell, 24, of Portland, Maine
- Gary Ervin, 28, of Dorchester
- Christopher Jacques, 40, of Gorham, Maine
- Mitchell Lawson, 27, of East Windfall, Rhode Island
- Lakes Levine, 18, of Needham
- Waylon Linn-Adams, 22, of Brattleboro, Vermont
- Grace Lotti, 23, of Somerville
- Charles McDonald, 21, of Amherst
- Joseph McDonald, 26, of Weymouth
- Bailey Olmstead, 26, of Jamaica Plain
- Oliver Pover, 29, of Somerville
- Sofia Rose, 24, of Allston
- Meiya Sparks Lin, 24, of Dorchester
Abortion is a flashpoint political subject in the USA.
Requests for long-term contraception and everlasting sterilizations have surged throughout the nation since Donald Trump received a second time period within the White Home, in line with The Related Press.
Firms that promote emergency contraception and abortion capsules say they’re seeing important spikes in requests from people who find themselves stockpiling the drugs — one noticed a 966% enhance in gross sales of emergency contraception from the week earlier than within the 60 hours after the election.
Though anti-abortion advocates are urgent Trump for extra restrictions on abortion capsules, it’s unclear what — if a lot — might be executed concerning entry to contraceptives of any form throughout the second Trump administration.
Trump instructed a Pittsburgh tv station in Could that he was open to supporting rules on contraception.
However after media stories on the interview, he wrote on his social media platform Reality Social that he “has never and will never” advocate for proscribing contraception and different contraceptives.
Supplies from the Related Press have been used on this report.
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