LEAGUE CALLS FOR PROSECUTION
OF THUGS WHO TRIED TO DISRUPT
THE MEN’S MARCH

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today is calling upon Bay State Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden to file criminal charges, related to constitutional rights violations, against the extremists thugs who tried to disrupt the Men’s March to Abolish Abortion, which was held earlier today in Boston.

Hundreds of pro-life marchers were physically obstructed in Kenmore Square by left-wing mobs, forcing the Boston Police to intervene. Later, there were repeated attempts to acoustically suppress the message of pro-life speakers on Boston Common using drums, whistles, bullhorns and various noisemakers.

At least nine arrests were made for disorderly conduct, including one for hurling urine—a tactic used against pro-lifers before. There was an unconfirmed report that there were an additional five arrests for assaulting police officers.

Counter-protestors included the Mass Feminist Struggle Committee, Clown March Boston, and the Boston Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.

Pro-life marchers were peaceful and prayerful, reciting the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary as they processed from Planned Parenthood in Allston to the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common.

When pro-lifers offered a prayer, in gratitude, for the police, the extremists were triggered, and began screaming obscenities towards the Parkman Bandstand.

Chapter 265, section 37 of the Massachusetts General Laws—Violations of Constitutional Rights, states No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with, or oppress or threaten any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the constitution or laws of the commonwealth or by the constitution or laws of the United States. 

Since 1991, constitutional rights violations have been classified as hate crimes under Massachusetts law.

In the past, Massachusetts courts have held that blockades or obstructions constitute the use of force.

The Catholic Action League called the attempted disruption of the Men’s March “a direct and premeditated attack on the First Amendment rights of Catholic citizens to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the free exercise of religion, and the freedom to petition the government for the redress of grievances.”

Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle made the following comment: “It is a disgrace, a scandal and an outrage that, in America’s most historically Catholic city, Catholic men cannot march through the streets of Boston, reciting the Rosary, without being harassed, heckled, insulted, abused, obstructed, impeded and shouted down.

Public officials must denounce this assault on the Bill of Rights, and the media must be willing to identify these so-called counter-protestors for what they are: violent hate groups bent on violating the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.”