The daughter of the second-ranking House Democrat was arrested and charged with assaulting an officer during a protest Saturday night in Boston over Atlanta's planned police training facility.
"I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting," Clark wrote. "This will be evaluated by the legal system, and I am confident in that process."
Clark has spoken publicly about the fears of her own non-binary child amid bigotry targeting transgender people. Dowell was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, destruction or injury to public property, and damage to property by graffiti. A second protestor, identified as 27-year-old Andrea Colletti of Brighton, Massachusetts, was also arrested about an hour later and charged with damage to property by graffiti, destruction or injury of personal property, and resisting arrests.
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Rep. Katherine Clark , who was recently elected House Democratic whip for the 118th Congress, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. The incoming House
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