Mayor Michelle Wu indicated Wednesday no change in her plans to headline a “No Kings” protest on Oct. 18 after the outbreak of violence at a pro-Palestinian demonstration Tuesday night time.
“We are a community that stands up for what we believe in, and we do so through peaceful demonstrations and safeguarding of everyone’s rights,” mentioned Wu when requested concerning the No Kings protest at an unrelated occasion Wednesday morning.
The protest is scheduled to happen on the Parade Grounds on Boston Frequent, at Charles and Beacon Streets, on Oct. 18, coinciding with a deliberate day of motion and No Kings rallies throughout the nation. Wu can be featured as a headliner with “other leading voices of resistance,” occasion organizers mentioned in a launch.
Occasion organizers described the protest as demonstrating “America has No Kings” and “action against the Trump regime’s authoritarian abuses, cruelty and corruption.”
As of final week, organizers mentioned, over 2,100 native protests had been scheduled throughout 50 states, on observe to exceed the over 5 million protesters through the June 14 No Kings day of motion.
The occasion is scheduled about 11 days out from an outbreak of violence throughout a pro-Palestinian protest Tuesday night time. Police have acknowledged 4 officers had been taken to the hospital with accidents following an altercation with protestors, and one protestor was charged with assault and battery on a police officer leading to severe damage as of Wednesday, whereas 12 others had been charged with different offenses.
Wu mentioned Wednesday Boston was “built on the right to speak your mind and protest peacefully.”
“At the same time, we do not tolerate violence in Boston,” Wu mentioned. “And anyone who is considering coming to be part of situation in order to cause harm or or to attack our police officers or to hurt or injure others should stay away.”
Requested about the opportunity of federal intervention in Boston, like cities together with Chicago, Memphis and LA have seen, Wu mentioned she is “following those cases very closely, watching and coordinating on the legal precedents with our attorney general’s office and and learning from what has been happening in other cities.”
“We know the federal government is looking for any and every opportunity to illegally extend their power,” Wu mentioned.
On the No Kings protest, the mayor famous the significance of standing up when “seeing rights around the country now being taken away or threatened with the actions of a federal government intent on attacking communities who represent diversity and leadership, innovation, life saving research.”
“So in order to ensure that we are taking care of our residents, we are going to be firm about who Boston is and what we stand for,” Wu mentioned.
