“John Lewis would be at the forefront of these protests, and he would help organize everything because not only did he fight for voting rights, but he fought for human dignity,” Great Barrington event co-organizer Jeffrey Schneider told The Berkshire Edge.
Ryan P. Babcock, then 27, was taken into custody by Great Barrington police on June 5, 2013, after his girlfriend's mother had called the department concerned about her daughter's safety in Babcock's car.