Police have identified five people who were arrested Monday morning in connection with a climate protest outside a hotel in Boston’s Back Bay.
Laura Honeywood, 45, of West Roxbury, Anna Pancoast, 39, of Arlington, Juliane Manitz, 41, of Chelsea, Jamie McGonagill, 34, of Gainesville, Florida, and Meryl Brott, 57, of Allston, were expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on charges of unlawful assembly, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Pancoast faces an additional charge of wrongful interference with the operation of a school bus.
Officers responding to a call about protesters gathering in the area of Dartmouth Street and St. James Avenue outside the Westin Hotel in Copley Square just before 7:45 a.m. found a group of people in the middle of the road, bringing morning traffic to a halt, according to the Boston Police Department…