Morning Briefing: Neo-Nazis Carry Swastika Flags and Rifles in Ohio
Morning Briefing: Neo-Nazis Carry Swastika Flags and Rifles in Ohio
Members of Blood Tribe, the White Supremacist neo-Nazi group, staged a protest while 'carrying swastika flags and rifles while wearing ski masks' in Springfield, Ohio.
Morning Briefing: Members of Blood Tribe, the White Supremacist neo-Nazi group, staged a march in Springfield, Ohio. The group reportedly was “carrying swastika flags and rifles while wearing ski masks walked around the downtown area during the Springfield Jazz & Blues Fest.”
The City of Springfield issued a public statement describing the appearance of the group as “deeply concerning,” and that “our public safety services took the necessary steps to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in our community was maintained.”
Far right violent extremists increasingly planning acts of attacks on the power grid and electrical infrastructure as “part of a larger trend by far-right extremist groups in recent years to try to create chaos by bringing down the energy infrastructure that keeps society functioning.”
In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Kenneth Pinkney, who “engaged in a hate-motivated assault against a Muslim U.S. Postal Service carrier who was wearing a hijab in October, about two weeks after violence in Israel and Gaza erupted,” was “ordered to serve three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.”
Michele Morrow, the GOP nominee for North Carolina superintendent, reportedly “called for mass arrests and suggested that former President Donald Trump activate the military to stay in power, in a now-deleted video posted after the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.”
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