Democratic Congresswoman's Transgender Daughter Arrested
Newsweek.Dowell and 15 others were offered a deal that will see all charges dropped if they perform 40 hours of community service, Boston.com reported.
The other person, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer, was not offered the deal, it added.Newsweek contacted the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and Representative Clark for comment on Tuesday by email outside of regular office hours.Rep.
Clark told The Boston Herald of her daughter's arrest: "Every American has the right to protest and stand up for their beliefs, but they must do so responsibly and peacefully."Abortion rights debates have reignited since the U.S.
Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, allowing states to create a patchwork of legislation across the country. Massachusetts generally restricts abortion at 24 weeks post-fertilization.On Saturday, clashes began after several hundred people attended a National Men's March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood demonstration, which began outside a Planned Parenthood facility on Commonwealth Avenue, local media reported.A similar sized group of counter-protesters opposed the demonstration, some of whom attempted to block its progress towards Boston Common.Boston police said the counter-protest created an "extremely hazardous and offensive condition." As officers cleared the march route, those arrested "refused to peacefully disperse, they were extremely riotous and tumultuously assembled," police added.Dowell was previously arrested in January 2023 after allegedly being part of a group that defaced a Boston Common monument with anti-police graffiti.Dowell received a pre-trial probation term of one year, with the case dismissed if she fulfilled a number of conditions, including 30 hours of community service, a letter of apology to the injured officers and restitution for expenses incurred removing the paint.Rep.
