Some participants in Saturday’s “Free Speech Rally” on Boston Common are rejecting the idea they are bigots affiliated with hate groups such as neo-Nazis or the KKK.

“Charlie Baker and Marty Walsh tried to jump over each other on how anti-racists they were. There were no racists there. This is completely made up,” said Shiva Ayyadurai, an Indian-American who spoke at the Parkman Bandstand Saturday and provided the Herald with a video of his 12-minute speech.

Read the full article at the Boston Herald website.