Worcester moves City Council meeting to Zoom
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Worcester announced a change in its public meeting venue for Tuesday night's city council after a protest was announced Monday.
A protest was held in Worcester, demanding ICE "stop taking mothers" after immigration officials detained a woman last week.
A rally will be held at 2 p.m. on May 11 on Worcester Common to protest the immigration raid by federal agents and subsequent arrests by Worcester Police on Eureka Street. The "emergency protest" is being put on by the recently formed nonprofit organization Mass 50501.
Ferreira De Oliveira, 40, a native of Brazil, is being held at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island following her detention on May 8, on Eureka Street in Worcester.
A Massachusetts police union is calling for charges against a City Councilmember who allegedly assaulted local and federal officers — and incited a caught-on-video chaotic protest of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of an accused violent criminal.
Tensions rose in Worcester as ICE agents tried arresting a mother, sparking community outrage and a chaotic scene involving police.
Kennedy used her platform to condemn recent federal immigration arrests in the city, which have prompted a wave of protests. Worcester City Hall is closing early Tuesday and a City Council meeting was moved to Zoom over "public safety concerns," officials tweeted ahead of another protest.
Worcester Police responded to a chaotic situation involving a crowd and federal agents, leading to multiple arrests.