The Boston Herald reported that the Suffolk District Attorney's Office on Thursday upgraded charges for all 13 suspects, who are now accused of violating a state law that makes "promotion of anarchy" illegal and is a felony charge, according to court documents.
On Tuesday night, between 200 and 300 people participated in a pro-Paleostinian demonstration in downtown Boston that quickly descended into a riot. Thirteen people were arrested after police allege they became
A spokesperson for the district attorney's office told the Herald the upgraded charges come after a Boston Police Department review of posters promoting the so-called protest, which feature a quote from a Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...spokesperson and a burning police cruiser.
"Peace be upon your souls that will one day soar in the skies of your liberated Al Quds and Al Aqsa, purified from the defilement of your killers," the poster read, according to police.
Because of that, police determined there was probable cause that the group "intended to conduct their rally and march in such a way that it induced fear, caused destruction and disruption, caused injury and promoted anarchy."
Four coppers were maimed during the riot.
"Further investigation revealed