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Crime

As neo-Nazis make their presence known in Mass., new report suggests tools to fight back

By Chris Van Buskirk Boston Herald
May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023 Updated May 24, 2023

Hate crimes — Members of the white nationalist group the Patriot Front demonstrate on April 29, 2023, at Boston's Copley Square, site of SatanCon 2023.
Stu Cahill/Boston Herald/TNS

Members of the white nationalist group the Patriot Front demonstrate on April 29, 2023, at Boston's Copley Square, site of SatanCon 2023.
Stu Cahill/Boston Herald/TNS

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League released Tuesday outlines what the organization says are critical steps officials in Massachusetts can take to combat a startling rise in white nationalist and neo-Nazi activity and hate crimes over the past two years.

Antisemitic incidents skyrocketed, white supremacists held more events, hate group propaganda efforts increased, and a local neo-Nazi group is growing rapidly from a Massachusetts-based infestation to a regional organization, the ADL said in its “Hate in the Bay State” report.