Metropolis officers in Columbus, Ohio, blasted a gaggle of masked people who marched by the streets Saturday wearing black and holding flags with swastikas on them.
The unidentified individuals had been noticed round 1 p.m. strolling by the Brief North neighborhood, in accordance with Columbus ABC affiliate WSYX. Photographs and movies of the marchers went viral on social media websites.
The Columbus Police had been dispatched, and the investigation is ongoing.
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“The Columbus neighborhood stands squarely in opposition to hatred and bigotry. We won’t permit any of our neighbors to be intimidated, threatened or harmed due to who they’re, how they worship or whom they love,” the Metropolis of Columbus mentioned in a press release Saturday night. “We embrace tolerance and acceptance, and derive nice power from our range. It’s who we’re as a individuals, and it’s exactly what has enabled us to develop and thrive and attain new heights of excellence. Collectively, we reject the cowardly show reported within the Brief North earlier as we speak, and we are going to proceed to watch the state of affairs in partnership with the Columbus Division of Police to make sure the protection and safety of our metropolis.”
Columbus Metropolis Legal professional Zach Klein echoed these sentiments in a assertion posted on X.
“To these concerned within the neo-Nazi march within the Brief North as we speak, take your flags and the masks you cover behind and go residence and by no means come again,” he mentioned. “Your hate isn’t welcome in our metropolis.”
Final week, a gaggle of masked demonstrators had been seen waving Nazi flags exterior a manufacturing of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in Howell, Michigan.
The protesters had been requested to maneuver and there have been no arrests.
