Senate Candidate Ayyadurai Demands Apology From Mayor Walsh Over Handling of Free Speech Event

BOSTON — A challenger to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the same individual who delivered the keynote address at August's "Free Speech Rally" where police restricted access on Boston Common as protesters numbered in the thousands, is demanding an apology from Mayor Marty Walsh.
Shiva Ayyadurai, an Indian-American scientist whose campaign features the slogan "Only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian" — a jab at the controversy surrounding Warren's decision to check off a minority box marked for Native Americans when she successfully applied for a teaching position at Harvard Law School decades ago — is threatening to sue Walsh and the city over their handling of August's event, should Walsh decline to issue a full apology.