Democrat Mayor Gives Police List of Her Critics

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, faced backlash for communist-style tactics by giving local authorities a list of her most vocal critics.

“Boston mayor Michelle Wu under fire after sending list of critics and protesters to police,” Fox News tweeted.

Boston mayor Michelle Wu under fire after sending list of critics and protesters to police https://t.co/JdSDXnpjqX

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 16, 2023

According to the Boston Herald, the Wu administration admitted it created the list and claimed “security concerns.”

“The list was made in response to a request from the Boston Police Department after the Mayor had been harassed and physically intimidated by individuals for several months outside her home, at city functions such as the annual neighborhood parks coffee hours, and at other public events,” Wu spokesman Ricardo Patron said in a statement to the Boston Herald.

Opinion | The Wu administration has acknowledged it has compiled a list of Mayor Michelle Wu’s most vocal critics and sent it to the Boston Police Department, claiming security concerns. https://t.co/L2IutpHMnW

— Boston Herald (@bostonherald) July 14, 2023

Boston Herald reports:

This is the first time the Wu administration has admitted it compiled such a list, which was uncovered in an email by a group of Wu opponents through a public records request.

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It shows the Wu administration taking the offensive against her opponents, coming on the heels of passing an ordinance prohibiting protests outside the mayor’s Roslindale home during certain hours.

But the unusual action raises questions about whether it crosses the line into using Nixonian tactics to suppress people’s rights to protest and intimidate her critics.

“The request (from police) came after many of the individuals on the list repeatedly impeded the Dorchester Day Parade to harass Mayor Wu and her family and staff, yelling through megaphones at her and her children for nearly ninety minutes as they marched in the parade despite being asked by parade organizers to leave the parade route,” Patron said.

“Following the Dorchester Day Parade on June 5, 2022, Boston Police met with City staff on June 10 to make a safety plan for the upcoming Bunker Hill Day parade on June 12, and the then-Captain of the District overseeing Charlestown asked for a list of individuals who had been involved in public disruption and harassment of the Mayor at the Dorchester Day Parade and outside her house,” Patron added. “The email was sent as a follow-up immediately after that meeting.”

“It’s unclear what actions police took in response to getting the watch list,” the outlet noted.

Fox News added:

Sent via email from Wu’s former Director of Constituent Services Dave Vittorini to Boston Police Capt. Robert Ciccolo, the list, as reported by the Herald, contains the names of “Wu’s most vocal opponents, such as [Boston City Council at-large candidate Catherine Vitale], several anti-vaccine activists who have been protesting Wu’s house, and North End restaurant owners who have opposed Wu policies.”

The list included no reason as to why the names were given and also listed the “Mendoza Brothers from the North End” and “A woman with the last name of Thuy who was arrested before,” the outlet stated.

Wu aides Tiffany Chu and Brianna Millor were also cc’d on the email, which was sent after loud protests at the mayor’s home in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston last year.

Last year, an ordinance was passed in the city prohibiting protests outside of Wu’s home during certain hours.

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