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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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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Police said the individuals were "armed with firearms."

Yup.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Princeali311@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

No they won't. It's posturing. Be careful around them, but if they shoot you for throwing paint then there's going to be a big crackdown on them. They don't want that. The guns are part of the show (and potentially to defend against other armed attacks).

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

but if they shoot you for throwing paint then there’s going to be a big crackdown on them

They're armed because they're looking to provoke a situation where they can commit murder and call it self defense.

It's called the Shittenhouse Defense

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a normal legal system that would be provocation of self-defense state, which would cause the act of defending to be limited to actual defense but would require extensive acts of mitigating the threat in non-violent ways.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but these are nazis, so it's not like the sympathetic legal system is going to do anything. Also, these are nazis, so they're not very bright.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 1 year ago

That is not true of everyone walking around carrying, but it is definitely true of these fuckwits.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They're marching in the hopes that someone will attack them in a fashion they cannot reasonably flee from? Or does Ohio have stand your ground and we could knock the part about fleeing off?

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 points 1 year ago

Ohio doesn't require fleeing. All they have to say is that they thought someone was in danger to use lethal force. They could still be charged and it'd be up to ba jury. I don't think they'd do very well with a jury though. But somebody is still dead.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They’re marching in the hopes that someone will attack them in a fashion they cannot reasonably flee from?

They are marching in the hopes that someone will do anything even slightly untoward that they can interpret as a threat and open fire. They're confident that they will get a piece of shit judge like Rittenhouse got.

Or does Ohio have stand your ground and we could knock the part about fleeing off?

Do you suppose that they are legal scholars?

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

They’ll get cracked down on, maybe, but you’ll still be fucking shot

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

man you have not been following events

[–] Princeali311@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying they will shoot you, just simply pointing out what the point is that op asked about.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

have you done this sort of thing before?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -1 points 1 year ago

I did antifa work in Palestine. Israeli facists dont wear masks, generally. Tactics vary.