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Metro rider recounts encounter with Patriot Front members in D.C.
America's 250th birthday produced memorable images of fireworks and military aircraft flying over D.C. monuments. But one set of photos has gained notoriety for other reasons. They capture masked members of the white supremacist Patriot Front group marching through parts of Washington. Images of them on the Metro alongside other riders have gone viral. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of those riders.
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America's 250th birthday produced memorable images of fireworks and military aircraft flying over D.C. monuments. But one set of photos has gained notoriety for other reasons. They capture masked members of the white supremacist Patriot Front group marching through parts of Washington. Images of them on the Metro alongside other riders have gone viral. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of those riders.
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According to PBS News’s linked source, Metro rider recounts encounter with Patriot Front members in D.C., America’s 250th birthday produced memorable images of fireworks and military aircraft flying over D.C. monuments. But one set of photos has gained notoriety for other reasons. They capture masked members of the white supremacist Patriot Front group marching through parts of Washington. Images of them on the Metro alongside other riders have gone viral. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of those riders.
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