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A Black-led running group is suing the organizers of the Boston Marathon as well as the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and the Newton police chief over alleged racial discrimination that took place in a cheer zone at last year’s race.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the all-women running group TrailblazHers, just days before the 2024 marathon, alleges the organizers, the city, and police violated the plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law.....
Shortly after the incident last year, Newton police said in a statement: “After being notified by the B.A.A. (Boston Athletic Association) three times about spectators traversing the rope barrier and impeding runners, the Newton Police Department responded respectfully and repeatedly requesting that spectators stay behind the rope and not encroach onto the course,” according to CNN affiliate WFXT. “When spectators continued to cross the rope, NPD with additional officers calmly used bicycles for a short period to demarcate the course and keep both the runners and spectators safe.”
Newton Police Chief John Carmichael addressed the lawsuit in a Friday Facebook post, saying, “I stand by my decisions that day, and more importantly, I stand by our officers who acted appropriately, respectfully and as expected.”
It doesn't sound like anything happened that wasn't reasonable. Get off the dang track people, lol.
They made it sound like the Police used firehoses to push them back.
It doesn't sound like anything happened that wasn't reasonable. Get off the dang track people, lol.
They made it sound like the Police used firehoses to push them back.
It is when you understand their motive. Their motive isn't about supporting the racers or being able to watch the race. It is disruption.
They don't feel like the rules apply to them, and have been told by the left that the rules don't apply to them because they are black, and "whitey" has kept them down.
Doing it just days before the race gives them the most "leverage" and disruption possible. It puts the police on notice and I am sure that they are hoping that they will be able to push things further this year because the police will back off.
So forcing blacks to follow rules everyone else has to follow is racist. Got it.
The U.S. of double standards.
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