Son of top House Democrat arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and vandalizing a monument

The son of Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark was arrested Saturday night in Boston after allegedly painting anti-police slogans on a monument and then attacking an officer during her arrest.

According to a Boston police press release on Sunday, Jared Dowell, 23, of Melrose, Massachusetts, was arrested during a protest against police.

Clark described Dowell as “non-binary”, and on Twitter on Sunday, she called him “Riley” and “my daughter.” Establishment media also described Dowell as Clark’s daughter.

“I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in raising children,” said the Congresswoman from Massachusetts. “This will be assessed by the legal system and I have confidence in this process.”

Last night my daughter was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts. I love Riley and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain of parenting.

This will be assessed by the legal system and I am confident in this process.

— Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) January 22, 2023

The incident occurred near the Parkman Bandstand Monument on the city’s historic green space around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

They said Powell defaced the monument by spray-painting “NO COP CITY” and “ACAB,” which stands for “All cops are bastards.”

When Dowell was being arrested, “a group of about 20 protesters began to surround the officers, shouting profanity through megaphones on the street, causing traffic to stop,” the report said.

“During the intervention in the arrest of Jared Dowell, an officer was hit in the face and bleeding from the nose and mouth was visible,” the report said.

Police said Dowell is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, destruction or damage to personal property, and damage to property through graffiti/marking.

It was revealed that the daughter of the leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, Katherine M. Clark, was arrested for assaulting police as part of #antifa event in Boston last night.

Jared “Riley” Dowell allegedly painted “stop police town” graffiti and attacked the police while resisting arrest. pic.twitter.com/LC7ZSaSIG0

— AntifaWatch (@AntifaWatch2) January 22, 2023

Police said a second protester was detained about an hour later.

As noted by WHDH-TV, the protest in Boston was held in support of the protest in Atlanta, during which left-wing demonstrators set fire to a police car and vandalized businesses.

The Boston Herald noted that last year, Clarke was arrested outside the Washington Supreme Court during an anti-abortion protest when she and others refused to stop blocking the street.

Jared “Riley” Dowell, “daughter” of a minority representative in the Democratic House of Representatives @RepKClark, passed several times. Jared was a trans non-binary person, but now apparently identifies as a woman. Jared was arrested yesterday for assaulting #Antifa direct action. pic.twitter.com/OQZPjvc07C

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 23, 2023

Clarke said last month that the country is undergoing a generational change.

“And let me tell you what that means to me as a member of another generation,” she said on NBC’s Meet the Press Dec. 4. “I remember my middle child waking up with nightmares about climate change. I had a family in the cinema, when the film stopped, my children immediately felt: “There must be a shooter with us in the cinema.”

“This is the type of experience we’re going to bring as we continue to strive to meet this moment of challenge for the American people with progress.”