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Two arrested after fight breaks out at protest outside Squad event in Somerville
Two men were arrested and one man was sent to the hospital after a fight broke out during a protest outside a progressive Squad event in Somerville Saturday.
The Boston Herald reported that the fight broke out outside the event just after 4 p.m.
When officers arrived on scene, Munns said, witnesses told them there was a verbal dispute between two men who were part of a protest outside the event led by her opponent, Republican Donnie Palmer, and four other men. The heated exchange turned into a fistfight.
Two different videos of the fight have been posted to Twitter. One shows the moments before the fight and then a flurry of punches. The other shows several men throwing punches and trying to get one man off another, ending with a shot of a man on the ground who looks like he has suffered injuries.
On Twitter, Palmer has claimed that the fight began because one of the people who joined in his protest was attacked by the four men, who he says were sent by some of Pressley’s staff. His claims have yet to be affirmed or denied by police or other officials.
Pressley’s campaign told The Boston Globe in a statement Sunday that the campaign was not involved in the fight.
The Boston Herald reported that the fight broke out outside the event just after 4 p.m.
When officers arrived on scene, Munns said, witnesses told them there was a verbal dispute between two men who were part of a protest outside the event led by her opponent, Republican Donnie Palmer, and four other men. The heated exchange turned into a fistfight.
Two different videos of the fight have been posted to Twitter. One shows the moments before the fight and then a flurry of punches. The other shows several men throwing punches and trying to get one man off another, ending with a shot of a man on the ground who looks like he has suffered injuries.
On Twitter, Palmer has claimed that the fight began because one of the people who joined in his protest was attacked by the four men, who he says were sent by some of Pressley’s staff. His claims have yet to be affirmed or denied by police or other officials.
Pressley’s campaign told The Boston Globe in a statement Sunday that the campaign was not involved in the fight.
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2022/09/25/two-arrested-fight-protest-outside-squad-event-somerville-donnie-palmer-ayanna-pressley/
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