Most of the crowd left, but Tanaka and a dozen protestors—including Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner ‘63 and other Boston residents—remained past the deadline. The police then arrested them for criminal trespassing.
In the final ruling, all the protestors were put on administrative probation, but the judge ruled that they had already but the judge ruled that they had already served this probation before the start of the trial.
The protestors were free to go.
At a press conference yesterday, the protestors “announced [their] victory and reaffirmed their commitment” to the cause, Tanaka said.
“We wanted to thank others for working on this and I hope this trial and our win will continue to energize the statewide movement,” Tanaka said.
—Staff writer Hera A. Abbasi can be reached at abbasi@fas.harvard.edu