U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark’s daughter, Riley Dowell, was arrested Saturday in connection to an anti-abortion march in Boston that drew a confrontation with counter-protesters, in accordance with police data.
Dowell, 24, was beforehand arrested in January 2023 and pleaded not responsible to assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and vandalizing a historic monument.
Dowell was arraigned Monday on fees of disorderly conduct and interfering with lawful meeting.
“Every American has the right to protest and stand up for their beliefs, but they must do so responsibly and peacefully,” Clark mentioned in an announcement to the Herald Monday in response to an inquiry about Dowell’s arrest.
In a police report detailing the chaos that broke out through the “National Men’s March” in Boston over the weekend, Dowell is recognized by her delivery identify, and is listed as having a intercourse of “male to female transgender.” Dowell was assigned male at delivery and transitioned to feminine.
The identify, center preliminary, and date of delivery listed for Dowell within the police report from Saturday match these included in police data from the January 2023 arrest. Each police experiences additionally checklist a house tackle in Portland, Maine.
Further particulars of Dowell’s arrest weren’t obtainable from the Boston Police Division, which referred the Herald to the Suffolk County District Legal professional’s Workplace. A spokesperson for Suffolk County District Legal professional Kevin Hayden didn’t instantly present a remark.
Dowell was one among 17 arrested in connection to the Saturday conflict between the “National Men’s March,” which billed itself as an occasion to “abolish abortion and rally for personhood,” and a counter-protest dubbed the “Clown March.”
Boston police mentioned the 2 teams have been “screaming/shouting at each other” and the counter-protesters blocked the “National Men’s March” from continuing.
“The opposing (blocking group) at times (turned) their rage at officers by threatening them, screaming fighting words, and attempting to agitate them,” a police report mentioned.
The 2023 case in opposition to Dowell was set to be dismissed as long as she wrote an apology letter to the Boston police officer she was accused of hitting within the face, accomplished 30 hours of neighborhood service, and paid the Metropolis of Boston again for cleansing up graffiti she allegedly spray painted onto the Parkman Bandstand.
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