‘Free Speech’ Group Obtains Permit For Boston Rally

BOSTON — An organizer behind a controversial free speech rally planned for Saturday on the Common announced Wednesday afternoon that the group has obtained a permit from the city. A 23-year-old Fitchburg State University media and communications student named John Medlar, who has emerged as a spokesman for the group, dubbed "Boston Free Speech," told reporters that his organization wants to "promote good arguments from both the left and right" and wants to "promote people getting together aroun

BOSTON — An organizer behind a controversial free speech rally planned for Saturday on the Common announced Wednesday afternoon that the group has obtained a permit from the city. A 23-year-old Fitchburg State University media and communications student named John Medlar, who has emerged as a spokesman for the group, dubbed "Boston Free Speech," told reporters that his organization wants to "promote good arguments from both the left and right" and wants to "promote people getting together aroun…