Officials in Columbus, Ohio, blasted a parade of masked people who marched down the streets with swastika flags Saturday afternoon.

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.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      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.

      • 418_im_a_teapot@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        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”.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          5·
          6 days ago

          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.

          • Kalothar@lemmy.ca
            3·
            6 days ago

            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.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              4·
              6 days 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.