Racist Tracts Aimed at Church Aiding Refugees
Racist literature from a hate group was dropped on hundreds of lawns in Arlington, Mass., the second time in two weeks the group’s materials have appeared in a Boston suburb.
The packets of papers from the West Virginia-based National Alliance targeted a local church that sponsors Sudanese war refugees, one of whom was charged with raping a woman last week.
The packets also included racist material identical to literature left on lawns in the predominantly Jewish town of Sharon on Aug. 18, said police Lt. Paul Dooley.
Dooley called the material “obscene” but said whoever distributed it may have only violated littering laws.
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