House Minority Whip Katherine Clark's daughter arrested in Boston during 'Stop Cop City' protest
BOSTON - The daughter of the House Democratic Whip was arrested during a protest Saturday night in Boston over the planned Atlanta police training facility.
In a statement on its website, the Boston Police Department says 23-year-old Riley Dowell was found defacing the Parkman Bandstand Monument with the tags "NO COP CITY" and "ACAB" while a group of activists protested in Boston Common.
Dowell was later charged with assault after a police officer was injured while arresting them.
Clark, the House Democratic whip, said in a tweet that her daughter had been arrested.
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"I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting," Clark wrote. "This will be evaluated by the legal system, and I am confident in that process."
Clark has spoken publicly about the fears of her own non-binary child amid bigotry targeting transgender people.
Dowell was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, destruction or injury to public property, and damage to property by graffiti.
A second protestor, identified as 27-year-old Andrea Colletti of Brighton, Massachusetts, was also arrested about an hour later and charged with damage to property by graffiti, destruction or injury of personal property, and resisting arrests.
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Rep. Katherine Clark speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Both arrests in Boston come on the same night as a riot in downtown Atlanta over the death of a 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers trying to clear the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training center opponents have dubbed "Cop City."
In Atlanta, police arrested six suspects Saturday evening. Only one of the suspects was a Georgia resident.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.