BEING THE TARGETS OF RACIAL PROFILING AND DISCRIMINATION. I GUESS WE CAN’T CHEER NO MORE. WE CAN’T CHEER. THIS IS THE EVENT AT THE CENTER OF A NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND THE NEWTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, A LINE OF OFFICERS BLOCKING THE SIDE OF THE MARATHON ROUTE NEAR MILE 21 WITH BICYCLES. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE AREA BY B.A.A. OFFICIALS AFTER MULTIPLE REPORTS OF SPECTATORS RUNNING ONTO THE COURSE. BUT IN THIS LAWSUIT, THE RUNNING GROUP TRAILBLAZERS SAYS THEY WERE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE. THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS A SUPPORTIVE RUNNING GROUP FOR WOMEN OF COLOR, WHO SET UP ALONG THE COURSE OF THE MARATHON TO CHEER ON MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR COMPLAINT. THE TRAILBLAZERS CLAIM GROUPS OF WHITE SPECTATORS WERE ENGAGED IN SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, BUT RECEIVED NO ATTENTION FROM POLICE TRAILBLAZERS NOW WANTS A FEDERAL JUDGE TO BAR THE B.A.A. AND NEWTON PD, FROM WHAT IT CALLS RACIALLY PROFILING AND DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ITS MEMBERS. ONE OF THE GROUP’S ATTORNEYS SHARING A STATEMENT READING IN PART TODAY WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE BAR AND ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALONG THE MARATHON ROUTE. THE LAW DOES NOT TOLERATE RACIAL PROFILING, THE B.A.A. SAYS. IT IS WORKING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH SPECTATORS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE ACTUAL ROAD, WITH RUNNERS. THE ORGANIZATION’S PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED THE LAWSUIT TODAY. I’M AWARE OF THE COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT OR READ IT. UM, OUR FOCUS THIS WEEKEND IS ON THE 30,000 PARTICIPANTS. ALL THE SPECTATORS, EVERYONE COMING IN TOWN NOW. IN THE WAKE OF THIS INCIDENT LAST YEAR, THE BOSTON MARATHON NOW ADDING FOUR ADDITIONAL MILES OF BARRIERS ALONG THE MARATHON ROUTE, NEWTON’S POLICE CHIEF ALSO SAYS HE UNEQUIVOCALLY CONTESTS THE ACCUSATIONS IN THAT LAWSUIT AND STANDS BY THE