Wakefield Man Arrested At Sunday's Boston Common Protest

Wakefield MA

09 November, 2021

10:45 AM

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BOSTON — A Wakefield man pleaded not guilty after he was arrested for what police said was driving a rental van through a barricade during a protest Sunday on Boston Common, according to The Boston Globe. The "Rise Against Tyranny" rally for those fed up with COVID-19 vaccine mandates drew counter-protesters, leading to skirmishes as members of the two groups kept butting heads. Ronald McCarron was arrested after driving a U-Haul van through a police barricade, speeding from where a large group of people were, police said. McCarron told police a "hostile" group of people were banging on hiss van and sprayed something on it, causing him to hit drive away. Read the full Boston Globe story here.