SWAMPSCOTT — An individual at the “No Kings” protest on Saturday morning was arrested for assaulting another attendee during an altercation at the event, according to the Swampscott Police Department.
The protest, which began at 10 a.m. that morning on Humphrey Street, was organized by North Shore Indivisible as part of a nationwide series of protests against the Trump Administration. The protest yielded a crowd of approximately 1,200 people, according to Michael Paquette, the event organizer.
Not much has been released yet on the matter. The protestor — the individual who was assaulted — was seen wearing an inflatable costume of President Donald Trump, waving a flag and interacting with attendees before the incident occurred.
Police Capt. Joe Kable confirmed that an arrest was quickly made as a result of the altercation, but no other comment could be made at that time.
According to the department’s police logs for Saturday, a report of a fight on Humphrey Street was made at 10:23 a.m. that resulted in one individual being taken into custody.
In an unrelated incident during the protest, another attendee, an older woman, had fallen onto the street and was attended to by people around her until emergency services promptly transported her to receive medical care.
The Item will add more information to the story as it develops.
