A Worcester City Council meeting will be held almost on Tuesday night instead of the City Council “due to a great precaution” about “public security problems”, announced the city on Monday afternoon.
Officials are planning to close the City Council at 5 pm and hold the City Council meeting at 6.30 pm through zoom, according to city officials in a statement. There will be an opportunity for remote public participation and citizens can join The Town Hall Zoom link or by calling 1-646-828-7666 and entering the access code: 161 363 1913.
The decision to take the virtual meeting comes after the basic political organizers The plans announced to hold a rally On Tuesday at the Worcester City Council meeting. The organizers protested on Thursday’s A woman’s “chaotic” stop by a woman by federal immigration agents In Worcester, as well as the detention of Worcester police for a second woman and a younger woman who tried to disturb the action of the law during the incident.
One of the main organizers of the protest – Jim Miller of the Indivisible progressive Worcester group – expressed his contempt for the change in meeting plans in a statement on Monday evening in Masslive.
“Speaking personally, this was an opportunity for the City Council to do it,” he said. “The decision to take the virtual meeting reinforces the stereotype that protesters are dangerous, we are not, and it seems a huge cowardice exhibition.”
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It is not clear if there will still be some type of protest organized during the virtual meeting of the City Council or if the protesters still plan to hold a rally in the City Council.
Tuesday City Council meeting is the first to occur from immigration and customs execution agents (ICE) arrest from the Brazilian national Rosane Ferreira-de Oliveira to Worcester on May 8. The arrest attracted a multitude of more than 25 people who faced the ice on Eureka Street, causing a response from Worcester police.
During his response, Worcester’s officers detained Ferreira-de Oliveira’s daughter, who is minor, after he was in front of the ice vehicle that his mother was swallowed while he had a newborn baby, according to the police department. According to testimonies, Worcester police pushed the daughter to the ground while taking her in remand.
The city police have faced criticism for manipulating the arrest, including the city councilor in District 4, Etel Haxhiaj. Since then it has been haxhiaj Accused by police unions of Worcester Officers during the incident.
Worcester police also arrested the school committee candidate Spring ashley During the Thursday morning incident after trying to interfere with the arrest of Ferreira-de Oliveira’s daughter, according to the police department. They were both accused and then released.
The incident has led to concern and outrage at the Worcester community, including Mayor Joe Petty, Who called it “deeply disturbing.” He has ordered a review of the incident by the city’s officials as well as the writing of a new policy that dictates How should the city officials relate to the ice.