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Paul Weiskel
Photos of the confrontation between the officer and the protester have raised questions. The police department is reviewing what happened.
By Maria Cramer and Matt Rocheleau, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent
Boston police said today that they are reviewing officers’ response to a counter-protest against a Tea Party rally on Boston Common Sunday and are scrutinizing a photo that shows a city officer with his hand around a protester’s neck.
The department was criticized after the photograph circulated online. The man is wearing a bandanna that covers the lower part of his face. Both of his hands are at his own waist, holding a pink wig.
“The department will need an appropriate amount of time to properly determine the context of the photo and what took place before and after,” Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said in an e-mail this morning.
She said an “unruly and combative” group of protesters tried to disrupt a rally held by Tea Party activists, who had secured a permit to gather on the Common.
“The aggressive nature of these individuals required officers to call for numerous additional units to respond,” Driscoll said. “As we always do after a day of aggressive protests, the department will review all of the activity that took place during the course of the day including the photos that have surfaced from the event.”
The photographs were posted to the picture-sharing website Flickr, and captured the moment when the counter-protesters rushed the stage at the Tea Party event.
Paul Weiskel, a junior at the University of Massachusetts Boston, said he posted the photographs on Flickr. The protester “was not arrested and was not even detained,” Weiskel said. “So, I don’t see what justification there was,” for the incident.
He said he does not know the man in the photo. Weiskel said he plans to contact the American Civil Liberties Union about the officer’s conduct.
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