Most of the arrested counter-protesters were reportedly offered an agreement to perform community service in exchange for their charges being dropped.
Boston police are now reporting that 17 people were arrested for blocking the anti-abortion Men’s March in Boston Saturday when hundreds of counter protesters intercepted the permitted march.
Police made several arrests in Kenmore Square when counter-protesters refused to move for the march to continue to the Boston Common. The 17 people arrested ranged in age from 18 to 52 and were from Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont, according to Boston police.
Most of those arrested were charged with either disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly, or both.
“This unruly crowd collectively began pushing back at officers, elevating their disorderly and unlawful activity to assaultive,” a police report said. All of the arrested appear to be counter-protesters, according to the narrative of the report.
The courts offered most of the counter protesters a tentative agreement to drop all charges if they complete 40 hours of community service. One protester who is charged with assault on a police officer was not offered the deal, The Boston Globe reported Monday.