Boston Mayor to Hate Groups: We Don't Want You Here..

[HipChick]

Mayor Marty Walsh sent a strong message that hate groups will not be welcome in Boston ahead of a planned “Free Speech Rally” that will reportedly take place on Boston Common next week.

The rally is slated for Saturday, though Walsh said it is being planned by a different group than that one that organized a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville that led to the death of one woman and injuries to 19 others.


Walsh said that “some group” is supposed to be in the city for a march, but added that no one has pulled permits with City Hall as of Sunday.The Boston mayor said police are gathering information to see who the group is.

“We don’t need this type of hate,” said Walsh. “So my message is clear to this group. We don’t want you in Boston. We don’t want you on Boston Common. We don’t want you spewing the hate that we saw yesterday, and the loss of life.”Walsh said his initial reaction to President Donald Trump’s statement about the Charlottesville violence was that Trump left his comments too “open-ended.”

But Walsh said he was encouraged to see Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to open a federal civil rights investigation into the Charlottesville incident.

“Let’s hope they’re consistent. I think it would be great for the President to come out today with a clearer statement, particularly about the white supremacist neo-Nazi groups,” said Walsh. “I think he needs to separate himself a little bit from them, because I think there are a lot of people putting the two together.”
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/13/charlottesville-boston-free-speech-rally-marty-walsh/

[bottomofthehill]

1. Protest will be completely different in Boston

None of the Open Carry crowd will be there, Boston has a much larger police force and the Boston Common is a large enough space to keep the parties apart.....

[bdamomma]

2. Keep those jerks away from Boston.

no need for them to be there spewing up any of their hate ideals upon others.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Right on, Marty!

You know they are going to show up though. Why would they even think to do this in such a liberal city? It's because they are looking for conflict. And maybe they can't carry openly, but I still won't be surprised if a number of them are found to be carrying concealed weapons.

[Raven]

4. Boston Strong! These people are no better than the Marathon Bombers.n/t