BOSTON - After the top of the fourth inning at Fenway Park on Wednesday, a black and white banner dropped from the top of the Green Monster.

It read, 'Racism is as American as baseball.'

The banner, that covered a part of the Foxwoods logo on the wall, hung for about a minute before Red Sox security came and pulled it off while also removing the three people who had hung it.

The Red Sox released a statement later in the night that read as follows:

"During the 4th inning of tonight's game, four fans unfurled a banner over the left field wall in violation of the club's policy prohibiting signs of any kind to be hung or affixed to the ballpark. The individuals involved were escorted out of Fenway Park."

One of the four individuals involved told Red Sox security they were inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Fenway has had a handful of racially charged incidents this season, dating back to April when Baltimore Orioles' player Adam Jones said he heard racist slurs from fans in the crowd directed at him.

The Red Sox recently announced they'd be in favor of renaming Yawkey Way, the street outside the park, because of the racist history of former team owner Tom Yawkey, for which the street is named.

A sign that read 'Racism is American as baseball' was just dropped from the Green Monster by a fan at Fenway. pic.twitter.com/OYCbQYpjoh — Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) September 14, 2017

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