A Billerica man is facing charges for allegedly brandishing a hatchet and hurling expletives at protesters during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Harvard Square last month, according to court records.

Matthew Freeman, 40, was arraigned in Cambridge District Court Wednesday on two felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, including one on a person over 60 years old, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, as well as to a misdemeanor civil rights violation.

On Aug. 10, protesters were marching towards Cambridge Common when Freeman allegedly drove his car around several vehicles stopped ahead of him and toward the demonstrators on Massachusetts Avenue, according to a police report. He allegedly stopped his car next to two of the demonstrators and

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