White supremacists marched through Boston's city center and fought with a Black man yesterday, triggering a civil rights investigation into the group's presence.
A little after noon, police became aware of the extremist group's presence. A white nationalist group, Patriot Front, had assembled members for a march through downtown Boston, according to the Boston Herald.A rental truck unloaded several shields and flags near a transit station in Haymarket at about 12:30 p.m.
The banners included U.S. flags flown upside down, 13 stars in a circle for the original 13 colonies, and right-wing extremist symbols.Videos posted to social media show Patriot Front members marching with several flags that also featured Mussolini's symbol for the National Fascist Party. "If you truly wish for safety, you will have it.
But you can take nothing else with you," an unmasked group member said through a bullhorn when the marchers stopped in front of the Boston Public Library among shouts from onlookers, the Herald reports. "Not your home, not your family, not your liberty.