A man allegedly attacked by white supremacists marching through Boston over the weekend is demanding more information from officials, saying police did not step in to stop the attack and questioning the lack of intelligence about the hate group coming to the city. About 100 people associated with the white supremacist group Patriot Front gathered in several areas of downtown Boston, including City Hall Plaza and Copley Square, carrying shields and covering their faces during a rally on Saturday. Police said members of the group attacked Black artist Charles Murrell, shoving and kicking him to the ground. Mayor Michelle Wu said officials plan to press charges, but did not know the group — whose members were charged with planning to riot at a Pride event in Idaho last month — was coming. Murrell and activists met with Wu Wednesday and said they want police reports and body camera video from the march, along with an investigation.
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siehe auch: Man who was allegedly assaulted by white supremacist group in Boston wants probe of police response He is requesting police documents and body-worn camera footage connected to the incident. (…) Murrell has said he was knocked to the ground by members of the group on Dartmouth Street and suffered injuries to his right ring finger, head, and left eyebrow. The alleged incident was captured in a photograph published by The Boston Herald. A police report of the alleged incident obtained by the Globe states officers were called to the area of Dartmouth and Stuart streets at about 1:25 p.m. for a reported assault and battery. The victim’s name is redacted in the report. The victim told police he was walking down the street and using his phone when he “found himself being shoved around and in the middle of a group of individuals with shields and masks,” according to the report. The victim yelled back at the individuals to stop pushing him and move on, and eventually “shoved back/swung his arms to separate himself,” the report says. That’s when a “larger majority of the group then joined in knocking him to the ground and continuing to hit and kick him,” he told police, according to the report.