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Protester arrested outside Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s home
By Globe Staff,Updated April 25, 2022, 2:17 p.m.
Boston police on Monday morning arrested a protester outside the home of Mayor Michelle Wu, the first arrest made after months of vocal demonstrations in Wu’s quiet Roslindale neighborhood.
Shannon Llewellyn was arrested around 7:45 a.m. outside Wu’s home, according to a police incident report, and will be charged with “willful violation” of a new city ordinance that prohibits targeted protests between the hours of 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.
Monday’s arrest appeared to mark an escalation in police response to the ongoing protests outside Wu’s home.
Since early January, critics of Wu’s COVID-19 restrictions, particularly her vaccine mandate for city employees, have gathered early in the morning outside her Roslindale home to bang drums, blow whistles, and shout their opposition to her policies. Several Boston police officers are stationed outside Wu’s home during the protests, but until recently, they had not taken any enforcement action against demonstrators. Police officials said they were doing their best to balance free speech rights with quality of life in the neighborhood. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/25/metro/protester-arrested-outside-mayor-wus-home/
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