Katherine Clark’s daughter ‘aggressively’ lunged toward National Men’s March, police report says

U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark’s daughter, Riley Dowell, “aggressively” lunged toward participants of the anti-abortion National Men’s March in downtown Boston Saturday before a Boston police officer arrested her, according to a police report.

Dowell, 24, was arraigned Monday in a Roxbury courtroom on a charge of disorderly conduct but is likely to have her case connected to the rowdy clash between marchers and counter-protesters dismissed if she completes 40 hours of community service, according to court records.

Two police officers posted at Brookline and Commonwealth Avenues for crowd control saw Dowell lunge “toward a crowd from the march aggressively,” a police report included in court filings said.

“The officer was afraid that Dowell was going to assault someone in the crowd,” the police report said. “Officer Joseph observed Dowell reaching into his pockets, at which point the officer placed Dowell in handcuffs. Officer brought Dowell away from the crowd into the K202D wagon and placed Dowell under (arrest).”

Dowell is referred to in the police report and court records by her birth name, Jared Dowell. She has since transitioned from male to female.

Attorney Josh Raisler Cohn, who was appointed by the court to represent Dowell during Monday’s arraignment, said a clerk magistrate found there “was no probable cause for any crime other than the very low-level misdemeanor of disorderly conduct.”

“Everyone who received those low-level charges was offered a disposition where the charges will be dismissed upon the completion of community service,” Raisler Cohn said in a statement to the Herald.

Clark’s daughter was previously arrested in January 2023 for assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and vandalizing the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common.

That case was set to be dismissed if she completed 30 hours of community service, wrote an apology letter to the Boston cop she allegedly hit in the face, and paid the city back for cleaning up the graffiti.

In the charge stemming from her Saturday arrest, a clerk said Dowell must provide a letter to the court “showing the work performed by defendant at 501(c)(3) organization” to have the case dismissed.

If Dowell finishes the community service, her presence at a March 17, 2025 hearing will be waived, according to the court records.

In a statement to the Herald Monday, Clark, who serves as the Democratic whip in the U.S. House, said “every American has the right to protest and stand up for their beliefs, but they must do so responsibly and peacefully.”

Dowell was among 18 arrested when the “National Men’s March” and a counter-protest clashed in a chaotic scene that saw the two sides allegedly scream and shout at each other, according to a police report.

Nearly all of the other people arrested were also allowed to complete 40 hours of community service to have their cases dismissed. One person who is accused of assaulting a police officer did not receive the option to complete community service hours, according to court records.

Counter-protesters blocked the path of the “National Men’s March” and “at times (turned) their rage at officers by threatening them, screaming fighting words, and attempting to agitate them,” the report said.

“It should be noted that these officers at the scene were tasked with protecting the First Amendment rights of all, maintaining order, protecting the lives of the individuals from all sides, as well as arresting any violators,” the police report said.

The person accused of assaulting a police officer, Kelly Ingersoll, 34, of Wakefield, was allegedly “berating protesters and officers” for close to an hour at Kenmore Square, according to a separate police report.

An officer asked Ingersoll to move away from the march but Ingersoll “continued to berate” the officer and refused to move, telling police they “only cared about protecting members of the Men’s March,” the report said.

After a second request to move away, Ingersoll allegedly “turned her towards the officer, stepped towards and spit into the face of the officer,” according to the police report.

Police then arrested Ingersoll and charged her with assault and battery on a police officer, the report said.

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