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by Robert Moran Published Aug. 21, 2025, 10:50 p.m. ET

A 44-year-old Philadelphia man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he made racist, violent threats against Black City of Philadelphia employees and a Black motorist, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said.

On one occasion, Mark Anthony Tucci threatened to go to a city agency and “hurt everyone,” claimed that he knew one Black employee’s home address, repeatedly said the N-word and “stated several times that he was a part of the Proud Boys,” according to the affidavit in support of the amended criminal complaint and arrest warrant filed against Tucci in January.

In another instance, Tucci drove next to a Black f

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