(Updated) Suffolk County DA Adds New Positions to Prosecute White Supremacist Cases

Source: The Root

(Updated) Massachusetts DA Adds New Positions to Prosecute White Supremacist Cases

After four organized white supremacist incidents in Boston this year, District Attorney Kevin Hayden is putting his foot down.

ByKalyn Womack
Today 10:40AM

Updated as of 7/26/2022 at 9:40 a.m.

After three people were arrested at a white supremacist rally in Boston, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden was prompted to add new positions to prosecute civil rights cases, according to The Associated Press. He said these incidents are nothing new to Massachusetts or Boston.

One of them, Christopher Hood, was an alleged member of a white nationalist group known as NSC-131 or the National Social Club. According to the Anti-Defamation League the group is a New-England based neo-Nazi group newly founded in 2019. They “espouse racism, antisemitism and intolerance” and their members include a hefty sum of neo-Nazis and racist skinheads.

Reports say Hood led a rally in a neighborhood of color called Jamaica Plain where there was also a drag show occurring. Two others were arrested for counter-protesting but were bailed out.

Hayden said Massachusetts and Boston were often “targets” for groups to spread hate.

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