Stoneham Man Arrested At Straight Pride Parade In Boston

STONEHAM, Ma. - A total of 36 people were arrested during a Straight Pride parade in Boston over the weekend. One of the arrested was from Stoneham. Joshua Abrams, 31, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

A group calling itself Super Happy Fun America organized the parade. Hundreds of marchers walked through downtown Boston and gathered at City Hall, where there were speeches and the raising of the so-called Straight flag, which is blue and purple and features entwined man and woman gender symbols.

About 300 marchers participated in the Straight Pride parade, well below the 2,000 projected by John Hugo, president of Super Happy Fun America. The group is campaigning to add S to the LGBTQ acronym and calls straight people an “oppressed majority.”

The parade and the group’s months-long fight to obtain a permit drew national attention. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the event’s organizers, saying they struggle with their masculinity.

In a rare move, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins criticized a judge handling the arrests. Rollins asked Judge RIchard Sinnott to dismiss charges against seven people but Sinnott only did so for two individuals.

"The judge punished the exercise of individuals' First Amendment right to protest," Rollins said in a statement. "Make no mistake: some people were appropriately arraigned and will be held accountable for actions that put the safety of the public and law enforcement at risk," Rollins said. "For those people now tangled in the criminal justice system for exercising their right to free speech — many of whom had no prior criminal record — I will use the legal process to remedy the judge's overstepping of his role."

List of 36 people arrested at Straight Pride parade

1. Timothy Rego, 19, Providence, R.I.: Assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
2. Benjamin Boyd, 32, Providence, R.I.: Assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
3. Kenneth Kraft Jr., 24, Bethlehem, Pa.: Assault and battery on a police officer
4. Jamie Rogers, 26, Methuen: Assault and battery on a police officer
5. Marisa Shea, 33, Lowell: Assault and battery on a police officer
6. Leah Hall, 26, Medford: Assault and battery on a police officer
7. Lillian Monreal, 21, Brockton: Assault and battery on a police officer
8. Nechama Moring, 37, Boston: Assault and battery on a police officer
9. Michael Doughty, 24, Falmouth: Assault and battery on a police officer
10. Michelle Wood, 35, Rehoboth: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assault by means of a dangerous weapon
11. Tiana Miles, 28, Allston: Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon
12. Brennan Hopper, 26, Auburn: Disorderly conduct, assault
13. Richard Wood, 37, Rehoboth: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, carrying a dangerous weapon
14. Louis Sabino, 36, Beverly: Disorderly conduct, carrying a dangerous weapon
15. Jared Killelea, 21 Bellingham: Carrying a dangerous weapon, affray
16. Female juvenile, 15, Southport, Maine: Delinquent to Wit: Assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon
17. Nicholas Harris, 23, Princeton, N.J.: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
18. Jackson Bennett, 22, Cambridge: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
19. Roderick Webber, 45, Holbrook: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
20. Daniel Tuttle, 26, Lowell: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
21. Austin George, 21, Worcester: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
22. Joshua Abrams, 31, Stoneham: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
23. Isaac Adelberg, 20, Enfield, Conn: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
24. Juvenile male, 17, Georgetown: Delinquent to Wit: Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
25. Gregory Garmil, 30, Brighton: Disorderly conduct
26. Daniel Quiray, 35, Douglas: Disorderly conduct
27. Nathan Bartels, 27, Newport, R.I.: Disorderly conduct
28. Matthew Yourtee, 25, Windham, N.H.: Disorderly conduct
29. Trevor Steele, 21, Westbrooke, Minn: Disorderly conduct
30. Benjamin Thompson, 29, Providence, R.I.: Disorderly conduct
31. Frederick Meyer, 21, Cambridge: Disorderly conduct
32. Gregorio Leon, 21, Cambridge: Disorderly conduct
33. Lilley Antoinette, 29, Somerville: Disorderly conduct
34. Jason DeJesus, 18, Pittsford, N.Y.: Disorderly conduct
35. Rubie Fulford, 20, Roslindale: Disorderly conduct
36. Laura Potter, 63, West Charleston, Vt.: Disorderly conduct