A Black, female-led running crew says the Boston Marathon’s organizer and a Massachusetts police department violated their civil rights when they were harassed during the 2023 race and were barricaded from cheering on runners, according to a new federal lawsuit.
TrailblazHers Run Co. said in a lawsuit filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts that the Boston Athletic Association and the Newton Police Department singled out spectators from their crew and other running crews serving people of color and racially profiled, targeted, and harassed them, barricading them from the event, while white spectators were able ...
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