More than 400 people dressed in pink gathered outside Plymouth Superior Court early Thursday morning where the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman accused of murdering her three children in 2023, continued for another day. Some in the crowd arrived as early as 7 a.m. for a demonstration called “Stand in Peace for Lindsay.”
“For the last three years, everything seemed pretty cut and dry from what we’ve known, and then the trial started and everything changed,” said Renee Kimball, 40, who organized the event.
“It’s become very clear that there is a mental health crisis, and clearly a lot of other women feel the same,” she said. “I think that’s why we’re gathered here today, to show Lindsay the support and the peace that she begged for and didn’t quite get.”
Kimball, who is from Maine, said she was “blown away” by the amount of support. What started with a 1 a.m. TikTok post suggesting a gathering in Plymouth, she said, has expanded to events in more than 18 states and even overseas, with events planned in the UK, South Africa, and the Netherlands, she said.
Cheers of support rang out from the crowd of Clancy supporters when her attorney, Kevin Reddington, pulled into the parking lot around 8:20 a.m.
“We have to give a shoutout to attorney Kevin Reddington because he is shining a light and bringing awareness so that women will start receiving the help,” said Dina Warchao, 59, of Waltham. “He’s shining a light on this and it’s so important.”
Reddington briefly spoke to the press before entering the courthouse.
When one person asked, “How does it feel to be the voice of all women?” Reddington chuckled and replied, “I’m not the voice of all women.”
Supporters clapped and cheered for him as Reddington entered the courthouse, and later did the same for Lindsay Clancy’s parents as they entered from another door.
As members of the public filed into the courthouse before proceedings got underway, demonstrators formed a circle on a patch of grass across the street from the courthouse.
Kimball stood in the middle and addressed the crowd.
“It should not take the lives of Cora and Callan and Dawson and nearly Lindsay, for psychiatric doctors to hear their patients,” Kimball said. “Mr. Reddington has Lindsay’s fight, he’s her voice and our voice. I think it’s important that we just be still and have a moment of silence, and know that God is working through us for Lindsay and for the rest of the world that are going through similar things that she’s been through.”
For about two minutes, the crowd fell into silence. Many joined hands, while others held up heart signs. One woman began to recite the Our Father prayer, and dozens joined her.
Kimball encouraged those present to thank each other and share their stories, and many people embraced as the crowd dispersed.
Chloe Craft can be reached at chloe.craft@globe.com.