Worcester Metropolis Councilwoman Etel Haxhiaj was charged with assaulting an officer after inciting a mob to dam ICE officers from arresting an unlawful alien accused of attacking a pregnant lady.
As beforehand reported, the Worcester Police Patrol Officers’ Union known as for an ethics investigation into Metropolis Councilor Etel Haxhiaj following a chaotic incident throughout an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation final Thursday.
The union alleges that Haxhiaj incited a crowd and assaulted each native and federal legislation enforcement officers trying to detain Ferreira de Oliveira, an unlawful immigrant accused of violent crimes, together with assault with a harmful weapon and assault on a pregnant lady, Boston 25 News reported.
In keeping with studies, roughly 25 people gathered in a Worcester neighborhood to protest the arrest and tried to dam the unmarked ICE car. Haxhiaj is accused of taking part within the protest and bodily confronting officers on the scene.
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Etel Haxhiaj was charged with one rely of assault and battery and as soon as rely of interfering with police following an ICE operation.
The Boston Herald reported:
The Worcester metropolis councilor who tried to dam the arrest of a felony unlawful immigrant accused of assaulting her pregnant daughter has been charged in reference to the chaotic altercation.
Metropolis Councilor Etel Haxhiaj has been charged with one rely every of assault and battery on a police officer and interfering with police through the controversial ICE showdown, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette first reported.
The Worcester Police Division sought three expenses towards Haxhiaj on Could 12, in response to courtroom data made out there on Wednesday, shortly after a district courtroom clerk Justice of the Peace discovered possible trigger to cost the councilor with two of the crimes throughout a closed-door assembly, the Telegram reported.
