From yesterday's N.H. Supreme Court decision in Attorney General v. Hood:
[According to the State's complaints,] a group of approximately ten people associated with NSC [National Socialist Club]-131, an unincorporated association that describes itself, in part, as a "pro-white, street-oriented fraternity dedicated to raising authentic resistance to the enemies of [its] people in the New England area," gathered on a highway overpass in Portsmouth. The group hung banners, one of which read "KEEP NEW ENGLAND WHITE," from the overpass.
Shortly thereafter, officers from the Portsmouth Police Department responded to the scene and informed Hood, whom they identified as the group's leader, that the group was violating a Portsmouth municipal ordinance that prohibited hanging banners from the overpass without a permit. Hood then instructed his associates to remove the banners from the overpass, although some individuals continued to display the banners by hand. The officers interacted with the group on the overpass for approximately twenty to twenty-five minutes before the group departed. NSC-131 subsequently took credit for the episode on social media.
The State filed complaints against the defendants seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief for their alleged violation of RSA 354-B:1. The State alleged that Hood and Cullinan violated and/or conspired to violate the Act when they led or aided a group of individuals to trespass upon the property of the State of New Hampshire and the City of Portsmouth by hanging banners reading "Keep New England White" from the overpass without a permit because their conduct was "motivated by race and interfered with the lawful activities of others." The State alleged that NSC-131 violated the Act when its members developed and executed a plan to commit the aforementioned act….
N.H. Stats. 354-B:1 provides,
