Rep. Katherine Clark's daughter out on bail after allegedly assaulting Boston Police officer - CBS Boston
Clark, the House Democratic whip, said in a tweet on Sunday that her daughter, 23-year-old Riley Dowell, had been arrested.
Police said officers responded to a report of graffiti at the Parkman Bandstand Monument on the Common Saturday night during a protest.They found a person, identified as Dowell, a resident of Melrose, allegedly defacing the monument with spray paint and anti-police phrases.A fatal police shooting earlier this month in nearby Cambridge sparked protests over use of force.A 20-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Sayed Faisal, was shot and killed by Cambridge police.Clark has spoken publicly about the fears of her own nonbinary child amid bigotry targeting transgender people.