The city of Springfield, Ohio, which faced a wave of threats last year following false accusations that Haitian migrants living in the town were "eating pets" of U.S. citizens, filed a lawsuit Thursday against a new-Nazi group that it alleges tormented the community.

Springfield Mayor Rob Rue and others filed the lawsuit against a group called the "Blood Tribe," naming its leaders Christopher Pohlhaus and Drake Berentz along with several unnamed followers. The case was filed in a U.S. District Court in Dayton.

“The Blood Tribe and its members and associates unleashed a torrent of hateful conduct, including acts of harassment, bomb threats, and death threats, against Springfield........

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