Today as we scoured the internet for any coverage of the arrests that took place at the Boston Tea Party yesterday, we came across the following article from the Boston Globe, “Boston police to review action after criticisms of handling of the Tea Party counter-protest on Common“:
“The department will need an appropriate amount of time to properly determine the context of the photo and what took place before and after,” Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said in an e-mail this morning.
She said an “unruly and combative” group of protesters tried to disrupt a rally held by Tea Party activists, who had secured a permit to gather on the Common.
“The aggressive nature of these individuals required officers to call for numerous additional units to respond,” Driscoll said. “As we always do after a day of aggressive protests, the department will review all of the activity that took place during the course of the day including the photos that have surfaced from the event.”
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