Hood, 23, last appeared in court July 25 when he pleaded not guilty to charges of affray. The leader of a Massachusetts chapter of the neo-Nazi group NSC-131, who is facing charges for an altercation in July outside of a drag queen story hour event, said during a pre-trial hearing Monday morning that he will represent himself in court for now. Hood, 23, last appeared in court July 25 when he pleaded not guilty to charges of affray, or fighting with others in a public place and putting fear in someone who is lawfully present. The charges stem from an incident outside a children’s drag queen story hour event on July 23. Members of the Nationalist Social Club 131, which is classified as a neo-Nazi group by the Anti-Defamation League, had gathered outside of the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain to voice their opposition to the event. In addition to Hood, two counter-protestors, whose charges were later dropped by Suffolk prosecutors, were arrested at the time.
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