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Worcester police unions say councilor assaulted officers. Here’s what videos show
Video footage collected by MassLive after 11 a.m. shows City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj confronting Worcester police officers.
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Petty: 'Threats of violence' led to decision to close Worcester City Hall
WORCESTER ― City Hall will be closed to the public at 5 p.m. on May 13 due to safety concerns, the city has announced. The scheduled City Council meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the budget hearing at the Standing Committee on Finance at 5 p.m., both will be held virtually via Zoom.
Mass. pol Etel Haxhiaj assaulted officers, incited chaotic melee over ICE arrest of violent illegal migrant: police union
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.
Etel Haxhiaj: Police Union Blasts Worchester Councilor for Assaulting ICE and Local Officers During Arrest of Violent Illegal Immigrant
The union's statement called for the city to launch an ethics investigation into Haxhiaj's conduct and urged federal officials to take action against her.
Days later, tensions are high after ICE arrests Brazilian national accused of assault in Worcester
The video taken outside in a Worcester neighborhood is gaining national attention. It shows ice agents detaining 40-year-old Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira, a Brazilian national, last week.
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School board candidate arrested in confrontation with ICE on Eureka Street in Worcester
Two people were arrested by Worcester police on Eureka Street on May 8 in a situation involving agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Witnesses say the agents were at a local residence to detain a woman of Brazilian descent.
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