Overview
- Officers responded around 9 p.m. to the Residence Inn and AC Hotel after reports of disturbances tied to protests of ICE agents reportedly staying there.
- By about 10:20 p.m., a crowd of roughly 40 was blowing whistles and banging drums, which police said disrupted hotel guests and others nearby.
- After repeated dispersal warnings, six protesters were arrested shortly before 11 p.m., charged with disorderly conduct, and transported to the Cumberland County Jail.
- Police identified six people, including five Maine residents, as the arrestees and said a separate, earlier Friday march concluded peacefully.
- The arrests follow a Thursday protest at the Residence Inn that led to a summons for Brunswick resident Peach Cushing, 28, as officials continue to field tips and as a broader ICE operation with about 100 arrests in Maine draws criticism from Gov. Janet Mills.