Concord mayor says city not a ‘welcoming place’ for masked group involved in downtown altercation

CONCORD, N.H. —

Nearly two weeks after a group wearing masks and carrying swastika flags marched in downtown Concord, city leaders say the community is united in rejecting their message.

The incident happened Aug. 2 along Main Street. Witnesses and videos show about 20 people dressed alike, in red shirts and masks, clashing with a bystander before leaving in a rental box truck.

U-Haul told News 9 it learned of what it called the “misuse” of its equipment almost immediately after the event and confirmed it has banned the customer who rented the truck, calling the incident a violation of the rental contract.

“We do not rent to social, political or other groups. We rent to individual customers,” the company said in part. “If a customer is acting in bad faith and violates our rental contra