Governor Jared Polis, Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett, representatives of Boulder's Jewish community and other local leaders came together today, June 4, to honor the victims of an anti-Semitic attack on over a dozen pro-Israel demonstrators holding a peaceful protest over the weekend.

The ceremony was intended to "stand against hate" and embrace unity, according to Polis's office. Around 500 people attended the event outside the historic Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street, about a block away from where fifteen people and a dog were injured on Sunday, June 1. According to police and video of the attack, Mohammed Sabry Soliman allegedly threw homemade Molotov cocktails and used a homemade flamethrower to burn members of Run for Their Lives, a group of people who meet on Pearl St

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