The child of House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) was arrested on Jan. 21 and charged with assault following an altercation with a police officer, officials have confirmed.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers found Riley Dowell, 23, defacing the monument with “NO COP CITY” and “ACAB” an acronym for “all cops are [expletive].”
Dowell was identified as “Jared Dowell” in the statement by police.
“During the arrest of Jared Dowell, a group of about 20 protesters began to surround officers while screaming profanities though megaphones on the public street causing traffic to come to a standstill,” police said. “While interfering with the arrest of Jared Dowell, an officer was hit in the face and could be seen bleeding from the nose and mouth.”
Dowell Charged With Assault, Destruction of Personal Property
Dowell was subsequently arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, destruction or injury of personal property, and damage of property by graffiti/tagging, police said.Dowell is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court, according to officials.
Shortly after the police released a statement regarding Dowell’s arrest, Clark, the second-ranking House Democrat, took to Twitter to acknowledge the incident, adding that she was “confident” in the judicial system.
Clark is in her sixth term in the House and represents the state’s 5th Congressional District. She also sits on the House Appropriations Committee.
Clarks Says LGBT Community Faces Discrimination
“Our LGBTQ neighbors face discrimination in health care, housing, education, and employment. Even here, in the people’s house, members of Congress are describing transgender people as something less than,” she added.“The Supreme Court’s right-wing majority upended that progress, dismantling a Constitutional right that most Americans have never lived without,” she wrote. “Republican attacks on reproductive rights have sold out the American people in service of a dark vision: a country where freedom is reserved for a privileged few.”
In their statement on Sunday, police said they had also arrested 27-year-old Andrea Colletti at the Parkman Bandstand Monument, who had attempted to flee on foot.
“After a brief struggle ensued, she was placed under arrest and charged with; damage of property by graffiti/tagging, destruction or injury of personal property, and resisting arrest,” police said.
Colletti is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.