Mass. Police Label Parent Activists as "Hate Group" Using Radical SPLC Data

"Antifa is burning down whole cities and parts of cities and rioting in the streets," said Moms for Liberty cofounder Tina Descovich. "These two are not equivalent."

Aug 01, 2025

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In a stunning display of ideological overreach, Massachusetts police training materials have classified Moms for Liberty—a grassroots parental rights organization—alongside Antifa and neo-Nazis as a dangerous "hate group," raising serious questions about why law enforcement agencies are relying on the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center for guidance.

The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, which trains over 20,000 officers statewide, obtained its "hate group" classifications directly from the SPLC, the Daily Wire reports, an organization that has repeatedly weaponized its "hate group" designation against conservative and center-right organizations while downplaying actual violent leftist groups.

Mass. Police Label Parent Activists as "Hate Group" Using Radical SPLC Data

"Antifa is burning down whole cities and parts of cities and rioting in the streets," said Moms for Liberty cofounder Tina Descovich. "These two are not equivalent."

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