BOSTON —
Several suspects are due in court Thursday after a pro-Palestinian rally turned violent in Boston earlier this week.
Six of the 13 protesters were arraigned Wednesday , and seven are expected to face a judge here in connection with the incident near Boston Common on Tuesday night.
Boston police said some of the protesters blocked traffic, kicked and torched a cruiser and assaulted officers. Four police officers were injured.
One of the suspects, 21-year-old Tufts University student Roder Atwood, is accused of hitting an officer in the face and breaking his nose.
"We are a city that has been built on the right to speak your mind and peacefully protest, and it's very important to all of us in the city to protest and safeguard that right. At the same time, we do not tolerate vi