North Andover Select Board Condemns Capitol Takeover

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — North Andover's Select Board condemned the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol building in a statement Monday.

"We join people around the state and the country in calling for an end to the hateful, divisive, and false rhetoric that led to domestic terrorism," the Board wrote. "We repudiate the wholly false narrative and any effort to perpetuate it."

The Board encouraged other town and school leaders to follow their lead and thanked the police who defended the capitol.

"We send gratitude and heartfelt condolences to the afamily of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died while trying to protect the Capitol from violent terrorists," the Board wrote.

Selectman Chris Nobile wrote the statement and the board voted unanimously to sign it at their Monday meeting.

"We are a strong and diversified community committed to the founding spirit of our democracy," the statement concludes.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.