Local anti-fascist activists confronted the marchers.
I’m Amy Goodman, as we turn to Boston, where Mayor Michelle Wu joined federal officials Tuesday to respond to the march through downtown Boston Saturday led by a hundred members of the white supremacist Patriot Front carrying shields and a banner that read “Reclaim America.” Officials claim the Boston Regional Intelligence Center had no warning they were coming. "We're looking into their identities and there already has been some information shared in various parts about the national leaders of this group who were part of this effort, who were in town, were present at the recent events as this group has gone to terrorize other communities as well," Wu said in a Monday news conference on the incident.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. However, law enforcement officials say they are still looking for the culprits, even if they came to the city from out of state. Because Patriot Front members had their face covered, officials at the Tuesday press conference say it adds a layer of difficulty to cracking the case. Wu said the investigation into the latest incident is ongoing and is being spearheaded by the city's Civil Rights Unit. Patrick's Day parade," when Patriot Front members reportedly held up a "Keep Boston Irish" banner. "They have continued to make their presence known, most recently in March at the St. "It is wholly repugnant to once again read reports and see videos on social media about dozens of Neo Nazis making another brazen public display with their hateful ideology," Flynn wrote. In the police report sent to ABC News by Boston Police Department officials, the man said Patriot Front members with shields began to surround and shove him after he started to record. Police say a Black man reported that he was assaulted during the march, after the man said he was trying to record the group on his cellphone. Officials said they plan to question officers' actions during the march, asking themselves "if this was a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different than this white supremacist group?"īlack community leaders in Boston marked the Fourth of July by denouncing racism and showing support for a man who says he was assaulted by Patriot Front members.
Bonavolonta, the Special Agent in Charge, told reporters at the presser that the government cannot track or monitor domestic groups based on their ideology, but can take action based on the threat or execution of violence. They will not yet release the information shared at the briefing to the public. If there are threats we will charge those as well."
We don't want to wait until there's violence. District Attorney Rachael Rollins said officials "are working hard to make sure that if there are any federal charges we can bring or if there are any state charges that can be brought - we will be looking at this. The group marched in Boston on Saturday with concealed faces and flags, wearing shirts that read "Reclaim America." The ADL says the group is focused on "preserving America's identity as a European-American one." The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hate groups nationwide, has called Patriot Front a white supremacist group that spreads racism, antisemitism, and other forms of hate online. She joined officials from the local and state police departments, the FBI and the attorney general's office to discuss impending actions of known extremist groups.
"We know these threats are continuing to escalate across the country, and that Boston must be the leading light in how we are acting in a coordinated way and tackling and supporting our community members," said Mayor Michelle Wu Tuesday. Boston officials are responding to the growing threat of white supremacists, just days after Patriot Front members marched through the city and reportedly assaulted a Black man.
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