LIVE IN BOSTON, WHERE THE SUSPECTS ARE DUE IN COURT. MATT AND KATIE. SEVERAL MORE SUSPECTS ARE EXPECTED TO FACE A JUDGE THIS MORNING. YESTERDAY HERE WE HAD SIX DEFENDANTS IN BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT. ALL ARE ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR BOSTON COMMON. immediately, BOSTON POLICE SAY SOME OF THOSE PROTESTERS BLOCKED TRAFFIC, KICKED A CRUISER AND ASSAULTED AN OFFICER. ACCORDING TO BPD, FOUR OF THEIR OFFICERS WERE INJURED. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, 21 YEAR OLD TUFTS STUDENT ATWOOD, IS ACCUSED OF HITTING AN OFFICER IN THE FACE, BREAKING HIS NOSE. WE ARE A CITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE RIGHT TO SPEAK YOUR MIND AND TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST, AND IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US IN THE CITY TO HELP PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THAT RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE IN BOSTON. SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A. KEVIN HAYDEN SAYING IN A STATEMENT THESE DEFENDANTS WERE NOT IN COURT BECAUSE THEY WERE PROTESTING. THEY WERE IN COURT BECAUSE THEY COMMITTED CRIMES. ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS ARE BEING ARRAIGNED TODAY, ARE CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RESISTING ARREST AND DISTURBING THE PEACE. REPORTIN
Another group of suspects charged in rally that turned violent in Boston due in court
Updated: 5:44 AM EDT Oct 9, 2025
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Several suspects are due in court Thursday after a pro-Palestinian rally turned violent in Boston earlier this week.Six of the 13 protesters were arraigned Wednesday, and seven are expected to face a judge here in connection with the incident near Boston Common on Tuesday night.Boston police said some of the protesters blocked traffic, kicked and torched a cruiser and assaulted officers. Four police officers were injured. One of the suspects, 21-year-old Tufts University student Roder Atwood, is accused of hitting an officer in the face and breaking his nose.”We are a city that has been built on the right to speak your mind and peacefully protest, and it’s very important to all of us in the city to protest and safeguard that right. At the same time, we do not tolerate violence in Boston,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said.Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement that “the defendants were not in court because they were protesting. They were in court because they committed crimes.”All of the defendants being arraigned Thursday are charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. In addition to Atwood, the suspects include Osama El Khatib, 26, of Watertown; Atlanta Carrig-Braun, 20, of Boston; Haley Macintyre, 24, of Dorchester; Madeline Weikel, 27, of Watertown; Jacob Pettigrew, 22, of Malden; Amun Prophet, 25, of Allston; Laith Hintzman, 19, of Boston; Benjamin Andre Choucroun, 20, of Medford; Owen Woodcock, 26, of Boston; Prahlad Iyengar, 25, of Boston; Styx Hatch, 19, of Boston; and Gabrielle Smith, 28, of Cambridge.
Several suspects are due in court Thursday after a pro-Palestinian rally turned violent in Boston earlier this week.
Six of the 13 protesters were arraigned Wednesday, and seven are expected to face a judge here in connection with the incident near Boston Common on Tuesday night.
Boston police said some of the protesters blocked traffic, kicked and torched a cruiser and assaulted officers. Four police officers were injured.
One of the suspects, 21-year-old Tufts University student Roder Atwood, is accused of hitting an officer in the face and breaking his nose.
“We are a city that has been built on the right to speak your mind and peacefully protest, and it’s very important to all of us in the city to protest and safeguard that right. At the same time, we do not tolerate violence in Boston,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement that “the defendants were not in court because they were protesting. They were in court because they committed crimes.”
All of the defendants being arraigned Thursday are charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
In addition to Atwood, the suspects include Osama El Khatib, 26, of Watertown; Atlanta Carrig-Braun, 20, of Boston; Haley Macintyre, 24, of Dorchester; Madeline Weikel, 27, of Watertown; Jacob Pettigrew, 22, of Malden; Amun Prophet, 25, of Allston; Laith Hintzman, 19, of Boston; Benjamin Andre Choucroun, 20, of Medford; Owen Woodcock, 26, of Boston; Prahlad Iyengar, 25, of Boston; Styx Hatch, 19, of Boston; and Gabrielle Smith, 28, of Cambridge.
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