NORTHAMPTON — On Saturday, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan’s office to pressure him to drop charges against two Worcester community organizers who responded to ICE activity in that city last year.
Sullivan’s office took over the cases against Etel Haxhiaj and Ashley Spring last July after Worcester District Attorney Joe Early Jr. recused his office from the case. Sullivan’s first assistant district attorney, Steven Gagne, is set to take the pair to court on Feb. 10.
“This prosecution is a troubling misuse of prosecutorial power that undermines community safety and democratic leadership,” said Jillian Phillips, an organizer with the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts, to cheers and chants of “drop the charges” from the crowd on Saturday…