Boston Clergy Ask City to Remain Nonviolent. Protest chaplains and clergy hand-delivered a letter Thursday morning to City Hall and Boston Police Headquarters.
Signed by 161 faith leaders from Boston and surrounding communities, the letter expressed support for Occupy Boston’s efforts to draw attention to widening disparities of wealth. It urged the mayor, the City Council, and the police to refrain from violence in dealings with Occupy protestors. The letter expressed dismay at the “dangerous, punitive, and unnecessary use of force against encampments nationwide.” It called for a public commitment from the City not to use “batons, tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, ‘flashbangs,’ ‘sound cannons,’ or any other bullets, projectiles, explosives, chemical agents, or other pain-based method of crowd control” in the event that the City acts to remove protestors from Dewey Square. “The poverty, homelessness, and increasing desperation of our neighbors present a challenge to us all,” the letter concluded.
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