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A local neo-Nazi group was back at Healey’s house over the weekend

This is the second time the neo-Nazi group NSC-131 has protested outside Healey’s house since October.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

By Emily Spatz

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A local neo-Nazi group protested outside of Governor Maura Healey’s home over the weekend, marking the second time the group has turned up at the governor’s residence since October. 

Approximately 25 members of the neo-Nazi organization Nationalist Social Club (NSC-131) gathered across the street from Healey’s home in Arlington at around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, State Police spokesperson Dave Procopio said in a statement. The group is a New England-based, self-described neo-Nazi organization that “seeks to form an underground network of white men who are willing to fight against their perceived enemies through localized direct actions,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. 

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“Their demonstration lasted for approximately 12 minutes and the group dispersed,” Procopio said. “MSP Troopers on scene, with assistance from Arlington Police, monitored the situation; no arrests were made.”

“We thank law enforcement for their commitment to ensuring that all communities in our state are safe from hate groups of this kind,” a spokesperson for Healey’s office said, adding that the group dispersed “quickly.”

A supporter of the group wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that members had gathered to protest a “migrant invasion” of Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reported. Pictures of the protest posted by another supported on X showed dozens of people dressed in black and wearing ski masks gathered outside Healey’s house with torches and a poster reading “We’re not going anywhere.”

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In December, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General filed a civil complaint in Suffolk County Superior Court against the group alleging members had engaged in “unlawful and discriminatory incidents.”

The court filing alleged that the group targeted hotels providing emergency shelter to recently arrived immigrants at least five separate times between October 2022 and October 2023. 

“On social media, NSC-131 has stated that it targeted the hotels because they were providing housing to ‘invaders’ from ‘Haiti,’ ‘Central America,’ and ‘Africa,’ while espousing conspiracy theories promoting the idea that the shelters were part of a plot to implement ‘White replacement,’” Attorney General Andrea Joy Campell’s office wrote in December. 

In their own words, the group believes that their “enemies work tirelessly to prevent White Men from attaining the greatest sense of purpose and belonging a man could ever achieve.”

The hate group last protested outside of Healey’s house in October, Boston.com previously reported. No arrests were made at the October protest. 

Last month, about 100 migrants were forced to stay in Logan Airport amid an overburdening of the state’s emergency shelter system.

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Procopio said State Police maintain a “continued presence” at Healey’s residence as part of their “executive protection mission.”

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