About 100 people associated with the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched through downtown Boston yesterday. Here's what we know:
White supremacists march through the city of Boston on July 2. Photo: Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images, marched through downtown Boston on Saturday carrying police shields and flags bearing the group's emblem.Police received a call around 12:30 p.m.
The man told police that he was pushed around, knocked to the ground, and assaulted by members of the group, suffering several lacerations. He was later taken to Tufts Medical Center, the Herald reported. Around 1:30 p.m. the group left the scene via the metro system after packing their materials into a rental truck, per the Herald.Saturday that members of neo-Nazi groups have "continued to make their presence known" in Boston in recent months.
In February they targeted doctors working to address racial disparities in healthcare at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and appeared at the city's Saint Patrick's Day parade in March, Flynn wrote.The Boston Police Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the incident and no arrests have yet been made, per the Herald.The disgusting hate of white supremacists has no place here.
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