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ByTravis Andersen
GLOBE STAFF
Authorities in Claremont,
N.H., found no evidence to sup-
port bringing hate crime charg-
es against juveniles involvedin
the injuries of an 8-year-oldbi-
racial boy who suffered“signifi-
cant” neckabrasions when he
was hanged from a tree in 2017,
prosecutors said.
The finding was contained
in a 25-page report on the inci-
dent that New Hampshire At-
torney General GordonJ. Mac-

Donald’s officereleased

Wednesday. The casehad

shocked the townand garnered

national headlines.

MacDonald’s office said the

“credible evidence” shows that

on Aug. 28, 2017,the victim

and his 11-year-old sister had

spent several hoursin the area

of Barnes Park in Claremont

with four children aged 13 and

14.

“The children describedtwo

significantevents which took

place during the day: an inci-

dentearlierin the day during

whichBoy 1 becameangry at

the victim for tellingBoy 1’s

girlfriend (Girl 1) that Boy 1

was going to end theirrelation-

ship,and the incident at the

end of the day whichinvolved a

tree-swing rope,” the report

said.

Prosecutorssaidthe evi-

denceindicates that “during

the earlier incident, some of the

olderchildrentauntedthevic-

tim and his sister withracist

language, suchas, ‘Are we too

whitefor you?’ The evidence al-

so suggests that at somepoint

in the past, Boy 1 may have

used ‘hateful,’ racist language

against the victim’s sister and

another younggirl, and may

have called the victim the ‘N-

word.’ ”

According to prosecutors,

evidence in the later incident

showsthat “Boy1 and Boy 2

tied the tree-swingrope, which

was suspendedfroma tree

branch,around theirnecks,

jumped off a picnic table, and

landed on the ground unin-

jured. As the otherboyshad

doneto themselves, the victim

put the ropearound his own

neck and stood on the picnic ta-

ble. The victim was facingaway

from Boy 1, who was sitting on

the picnic table close by.”

MacDonald’s office said “Boy

1 usedhis hands to pushthe

backs of the victim’s legs, caus-

ing him to fall off the table. The

victim hungby his neck be-

cause his feet could not touch

the ground. The rope either slid

off the victim’s neckor he un-

tied it. The rope causedsignifi-

cant abrasions and contusions.”

Boy 1 was later charged as a

juvenilewiththreedelinquen-

cies which,if committed by an

adult, would have amounted to

misdemeanorsimple assault,

felony second-degree assault,

and misdemeanor reckless con-

duct, prosecutors said.

The boy later pleadedguilty

to the sole misdemeanorcount

of simple assault and was “sub-

ject to the Circuit Court-Family

Division’s continued jurisdic-

tion as he complied withthe

court’s dispositional orders and

engaged in rehabilitative servic-

es,” MacDonald’s office said.

But prosecutorssaidthey

didn’t have enough evidence to

charge the moreserioushate

crime and civil rights offenses.

“As relevant here, the hate

crime and civil rights statutes

require proofthat the perpetra-

tor’s motivein assaultingthe

victim was the result of racial

animus,” MacDonald’s office

said. “While the evidence

makes clearthat Boy 1 did as-

sault the victim, causingthe in-

juriesto his neck, the evidence

doesnot establishwhy he did

so. Because Boy 1’s motives can-

not be established, he cannot be

charged eitherwith a hate

crimeor a violation of the Civil

Rights Act.”

Travis Andersen can be reached

at [email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@TAGlobe.

PATGREENHOUSE/GLOBESTAFF

SILENTWARNING—Climate activists withExtinction Rebellion staged a “die-in” in frontof 60 State St., the site

of the localoffice of BlackRock,a majorplayer in the fossilfuelsindustry. According to the Massachusetts branch

of the group’s website, the goal of the protest was to “set up a crimescenebecause ecocide is criminal.”

ByDeirdreFernandes

GLOBE STAFF

Hellenic College Holy Cross

is at risk of losingits accredita-

tion this fall, leavingit just a

few months to showthat it can

bring its financesand leader-

ship into shape.

The New EnglandCommis-

sion of Higher Education will

holda hearingon placingHel-

lenicon probation or pulling

its accreditation altogether at

its meeting in November. The

schoolis scheduled to present

a progressreport next month.

The accreditor has raised

concerns about the school’s fi-

nancial resources and plan-

ning.

Hellenic,a GreekOrthodox

schoolin Brookline, like many

small,private colleges in New

England, has beenstruggling

with declining enrollment and

less money.

But Hellenic’s interim presi-

dent, Metropolitan Methodios,

said in a statement that the

school and the archdiocese are

working on “reducing our defi-

cits and fixing our finances.”

The college has been run-

ning an operating deficit for

nearlyeightyears,hasbor-

rowedmoneyfromitsendow-

ment, and suffers fromdeclin-

ing enrollmentand poorplan-

ning, the Massachusetts

Departmentof HigherEduca-

tion noted in the spring.

Like many small colleges,

Hellenic, whichenrollsjust

over 154 students, reliesheavi-

ly on tuition and suffers when

enrollmentdeclines.

Religious schoolsin the

Northeast are amongthose

that have seen the most precip-

itous drop in enrollment over

the past decade.

Methodiossaidthat the

school ended the recentfiscal

yearwithoperating revenues

exceeding expenses. The col-

lege also has a balancedbud-

get for this upcomingschool

year, Methodiossaid in a state-

ment, and is on the fast track

to findinga new president.

Whether this will allay the

concernsof the accreditors

and the state regulatorsre-

mainsuncertain.

Deirdre Fernandes can be

reached at

[email protected].

Follow her on Twitter

@fernandesglobe.

ByTravis Andersen
GLOBE STAFF
Three separate shootings in
Dorchester and Mattapanon
Tuesday led to the recovery of
multiple gunsand the arrests
of two suspects, including a
16-year-oldboy who allegedly
carrieda gun while he rodein
a car with a 5-year-old and 6-
year-old, police said.
The Mattapanincidentoc-
curredaround8:34 p.m.on
Glenarm Street, Boston police
said in a statement.
“Followinga radio call for
shots fired in the areaof 20
Glenarm Street, officerswere
on directed patrol in the area
of Norfolk Street when they
observed a motorvehiclefail
to use a signalwhileturning
onto WoodrowAvenue,” the
statementsaid.
“Officers conducted a traf-
fic stop in the area of 15 Jacob
Street. While speaking with
the operator, officers were in-
formed that he did not have an
active licenseto operate a mo-
tor vehicle in the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts. The
operator was removedfrom

the vehicleand placedunder

arrest.”

There werealso two chil-

dren, ages 5 and 6, in the car,

as wellas the 16-year-old

Charlestown resident ridingin

the back who admitted that he

had a gun,according to the

statement.

“The rear passenger was re-

moved fromthe vehicleand of-

ficers recovered a Taurus Mil-

lennium 9mmfirearm loaded

withtwelve roundsof live am-

munition,” the statementsaid.

“The rearpassenger was

placed underarrest.

“Each of the remaining oc-

cupants wereremovedfrom

the vehicle,includinga five-

year-old and a six-year-old.Of-

ficers identified the passen-

gers who werethenreleased

fromthe scene.”

Police arrested the driver,

William Walker, 28, of Dor-

chester, on a charge of operat-

ing a motor vehicle with a sus-

pendedlicense, subsequent of-

fense, the statement said.

He was also citedfor failing

to secure a child in a car seat.

“Additionally, Walker was

discoveredto have threeactive

warrants: a default warrant

for Operating a Motor Vehicle

with a Suspended LicenseSub-

sequent Offense, a straight

warrant for Unarmed Robbery

and Assaultand Battery on a

Family/HouseholdMember,

and a default warrant for Op-

erating a Motor Vehiclewitha

Suspended License,” the state-

mentsaid.

The Charlestownteen,who

wasn’t namedbecausehe is a

minor, was arrested on charg-

es of unlawful possession of a

large capacity firearm, unlaw-

ful possessionof a firearm,

carrying a loaded firearm, and

unlawful possessionof ammu-

nition, policesaid.

Bothsuspects wereslated

to be arraignedWednesday in

Dorchester MunicipalCourt,

accordingto authorities. It

wasn’t clearif they had hired

lawyers.

A spokeswomanfor the Suf-

folk district attorney’s office

said on Wednesday night that

she would not be able to pro-

videinformationaboutthe

outcomeof the arraignments

untilThursday morning.

About two hoursbefore the

Mattapanincident, three

houses and a parked car were

shoton a Dorchester street,

but no one was injured or ar-

rested, police said.

The incidentoccurredat

6:37 p.m., whenpolicewent to

the area of 15 Powellton Road

for a shots-firedcall, said Bos-

ton police Officer James Moc-

cia, a departmentspokesman.

He said there was “ballistic

damage to threeresidences,”

as well as “ballistic damage to

a motorvehicleparked in the

area,” but no one was struck by

gunfire.Ballistics evidence al-

so was discoveredin frontof

15 Powellton,Moccia said.

In addition,officersfounda

Glock22 handgun in a grill in

the rear of 11 Powellton Road,

Moccia said,and the firearm

had an obliterated serial num-

ber and empty magazine.

Anothergun, a Sig Sauer

loaded with five rounds, was

found in the area of Washing-

ton and Brinsley streets, Moc-

cia said.

Police saida SWAT team

was called to PowelltonRoad

to searchan abandoned prop-

erty for a possible suspect, but

no one was found.

The Powellton violence fol-

lowedan earlier shooting inci-

dent at 1:54 p.m. in the area of

Lincolnand Adams streets in

Dorchester, accordingto Moc-

cia. No one was hurt.

No arrests were reported in

either Dorchester case.

Travis Andersen can be

reachedat

[email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@TAGlobe.

Teen arrested with gun after shooting

Was in carwith

2 children;

driver also held

Hellenic College at risk

of losing accreditation

N.H. AG won’t file hate crime charges in hanging of boy

No racial animus

in eventthat hurt

biracial youngster

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