Summary

Masked neo-Nazis marched through Columbus, Ohio’s Short North neighborhood on Saturday, displaying swastika flags and making racist and antisemitic statements.

Police are investigating, and no arrests have been reported.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Columbus officials condemned the display, emphasizing that hate and bigotry have no place in the state.

The incident follows a similar demonstration in Michigan last week, where masked protesters displayed Nazi flags outside a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.

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[–] 125 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They appear to have been arrested, traveling in a U-haul.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So the story gets a happy ending... and I'm guessing so will his cellmate.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I won't believe this story has a happy ending until they're in prison. Because I have a feeling they're about to get a huge amount of help from the incoming administration.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That will depend on whether they face state or federal charges. I’m curious if they will be charged at all if the only thing they did was “protest”.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It will depend a lot more on whether or not the fascist dictatorship coming into office in January gives a shit about state charges being out of their legal jurisdiction.

    I'm betting on not.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, people are basically sticking their heads in the dirt with what’s about to happen in the US.

    Source: I live in Ohio and the apathy is palpable. I’m in a Blue bubble, but I even when I go to some small town you can tell everyone is just too burnout from the freight train of nonstop crazy politics stuff.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    People really want to believe Trump won't be a fascist dictator despite coming right out and saying he will be. I know he lies all the time, but that's a stupid reason not to believe him on this one.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wasn't that a previous Nazi rally? Or did it happen again?

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Reddit is not a reliable source for verified facts in any way, at any time, at all.

    I can nearly swear I remember this photo from the last trump administration.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're not entirely wrong though. Remember how Reddit "caught" the Boston marathon bomber?

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  • [+] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm just addressing the fact that Reddit isn't always correct and we should want more credible sources than random people submitting things online with no vetting. That's where they aren't entirely wrong. I'm not saying they're right and their memory is a reason to believe this is incorrect, but they're just some person online just like the Reddit user.

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