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The head of the Boston Athletic Association is admitting that the Boston Marathon organizer must "do better" after Pioneers Run Crew and another racially diverse running group were blocked by police officers at their cheering spot in Newton on Marathon Monday.
The spectators say their Heartbreak Hill cheer zone was singled out after a wall of police officers blocked them from the course.
A Boston-based civil rights group is calling for an independent investigation into "racial profiling" at the Boston Marathon after a predominantly Black running group was blocked by police officers at their cheering spot in Newton.
Members of the running community are alleging racism after police officers at the Boston Marathon surrounded a predominantly Black running group and blocked them from giving out high fives at their electric cheering spot in Newton on Monday.
Members of the running community are alleging racism after police officers at the Boston Marathon surrounded a predominantly Black running group and blocked them from giving out high fives at their electric cheering spot in Newton on Monday.