Arrests made in connection with racist flyers placed in neighborhood

Boston police said three people were arrested in connection with anti-immigrant flyers that were placed on poles, trees and buildings across East Boston.Dozens of flyers with the words "Keep America American" and "Patriots! Reclaim Your Birthright" were found plastered around the Eagle Hill neighborhood Thursday night."There's no place in Boston for this type of rhetoric," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said. "This can be perceived as a hate crime."Late Friday night, a Boston police officer saw three men with the flyers in the neighborhood. When the officer attempted to speak with the men and ask them for their IDs, one of the men slapped the officer, police said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested for assaulting a cop. Sources told WCVB they found weapons, brass knuckles and a knife in the possession of the suspect's two friends. The three men were being held in jail and were scheduled to appear in East Boston court Tuesday morning.

Boston police said three people were arrested in connection with anti-immigrant flyers that were placed on poles, trees and buildings across East Boston.



Dozens of flyers with the words "Keep America American" and "Patriots! Reclaim Your Birthright" were found plastered around the Eagle Hill neighborhood Thursday night.


"There's no place in Boston for this type of rhetoric," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said. "This can be perceived as a hate crime."

Late Friday night, a Boston police officer saw three men with the flyers in the neighborhood.

When the officer attempted to speak with the men and ask them for their IDs, one of the men slapped the officer, police said.

The man, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested for assaulting a cop.

Sources told WCVB they found weapons, brass knuckles and a knife in the possession of the suspect's two friends.

The three men were being held in jail and were scheduled to appear in East Boston court Tuesday morning.