Racial justice leaders rally for Mamadou Dembele, who alleges racist attack in Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH — Racial justice leaders spoke out Sunday in support of Mamadou Dembele, a Black man who says he was the victim of a racist assault by a white attacker the night before Thanksgiving. “Mr. Dembele’s assault is not so very unusual for a Black man who lives in New Hampshire,” said the Rev. Bob Thompson, president of the Seacoast NAACP. “Although not many of us have are targeted in such a brutal and outrageous manner, most Black men in New Hampshire carry ourselves as if Mr. Dembele’s assault was...