SPRINGFIELD, OH — After Haitian immigrants received numerous threats and were subjected to racist attacks — which were also spread by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance — the City of Springfield filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a neo-Nazi group it accused of being part of the alleged harassment.

In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs accused the group known as “Blood Tribe” of “engaging in, and inciting, a campaign of harassment and intimidation, motivated by ethnic and racial hatred, against those who supported Springfield’s Haitian community in the face of Defendants’ racist attacks.”

The lawsuit was filed by Springfield Mayor Rob Rue and several plaintiffs at a U.S. District Court in Dayton. The plaintiffs requested a jury trial to prevent the group from continuing to threaten the community, and to impose damages.

Last year, Haitian immigrants living in Springfield were the target of racist lies spread by Trump and Vance, accusing Haitians of kidnapping eating neighbors’ cats and dogs.

The Haitian community in Springfield has been the focus on anti-immigration proponents because of the influx of refugees that have resettled in the small city.

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