Mayor Michelle Wu is standing firm on her signature “safest major city” line, while admitting that violence against police officers won’t be tolerated, after this week’s destructive pro-Palestine rally at the Boston Common.

The mayor is brushing away any concerns that the melee, which prompted four Boston Police officers to be taken to the hospital, could play into the hands of President Donald Trump, who has attempted to deploy the National Guard to cities he finds dangerous.

“I think all of our residents know what is happening here in the city, that the reality of our day-to-day lives is that Boston is an incredibly safe community,” Wu said. “We are the safest major city by the numbers, and we work hard to maintain that and to keep pushing the standards higher every day.”

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