Masked neo-Nazis march through Ohio neighborhood with swastika flags

A radical of neo-Nazis carrying flags bearing swastikas were seen marching done the streets of Ohio connected Saturday.

The show - done successful Columbus successful wide daylight - has near Americans outraged after footage of it rapidly circulated online.

Social media posts started swirling astir 1pm, showing a twelve of the culprits all wearing masks. In them, the suspects are heard airing chants disparaging radical of colour and Jewish people. 

Cops were past dispatched for an investigation. No arrests person been made frankincense far.

Investigators are looking into the claims from an unnamed 911 caller, who said 1 of the radical sprayed a passerby with capsicum spray.

Local politicians revealed their outrage pursuing the neo-Nazi lawsuit - including the state's governor and the city's mayor.

City Attorney Zach Klein issued a connection arsenic well, condemning those involved. It happened successful the city's Short North Arts District - a trendy country known for its artwork.

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'To those progressive successful the neo-Nazi march successful the Short North today, instrumentality your flags and the masks you fell down and spell location and ne'er travel back,' the authoritative said successful a station to X.

'Your hatred isn't invited successful our city.'

Mayor Andrew Ginther, a Democrat, released a scathing effect arsenic well, in which helium promised radical of each creeds however cops would guarantee their information aft pro-white chants had rattled them to their core.

'The Columbus assemblage stands squarely against hatred and bigotry,' his connection continued.

'We volition not let immoderate of our neighbors to beryllium intimidated, threatened oregon harmed due to the fact that of who they are, however they worship oregon whom they love.

'Together, we cull the cowardly show reported successful the Short North... and we volition proceed to show the concern successful concern with the Columbus Division of Police to guarantee the information and information of our city.'

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine besides took notice, issuing possibly the astir stern undressing of them all.

In it, helium told onlookers however helium 'will not tolerate hatred successful Ohio', aft a akin procession was seen earlier successful the week successful Michigan.

'Neo-Nazis - their faces hidden down reddish masks - roamed streets successful Columbus today, carrying Nazi flags and spewing vile and racist code against radical of colour and Jews,' DeWine wrote.

'There were reports that they were besides espousing achromatic powerfulness sentiments.'

He added: 'There is nary spot successful this State for hate, bigotry, antisemitism, oregon violence.

'We indispensable denounce it wherever we spot it.'

The American nationalist reacted to the footage arsenic well, with galore categorizing it a perturbing. 

'Nazis marched done Columbus, carrying flags with swastikas, yelling radical slurs and profanities,' 1 X idiosyncratic wrote. 

'[N]azis proudly walking down the streets of [C]olumbus successful 2024, this state volition ne'er learn,' different who saw the procession successful idiosyncratic and re-shared footage added.

Police dispatchers, meanwhile, told cops however a litany of callers reported the radical hurling radical slurs astatine residents successful summation to the inflammatory chants - specifically toward radical of color.

They besides spoke negatively astir Jewish radical and positively of achromatic powerfulness and appeared to beryllium armed, the dispatchers said - according Sgt. Joe Alber with the Columbus Police Department.

In an email Sunday, helium said officers were dispatched astatine 1:20pm to North High Street and East Lincoln Street pursuing an archetypal study of 'a radical of individuals dressed successful each achromatic and equipped with firearms holding Nazi Swastika signs.'

He added however erstwhile officers arrived, the group 'left the country without incident.'

'Officers stopped a van the radical near successful a abbreviated region distant to analyse the imaginable battle that whitethorn person taken place,' helium went connected to add.

'Many of the individuals wrong the van were detained. However, it was aboriginal determined that an battle did not instrumentality spot and each of the individuals were released.'

Alber did not sanction immoderate of those progressive successful the postulation halt owed to a deficiency of a charge, and cops could not corroborate immoderate different arrests related to the case.

The sanction of radical liable for the show remains unknown, the nationalist accusation serviceman added - arsenic footage showed them donning attire and signage emblazoned with a reddish skull.

During the Nazi era, Hitler's SS touted a akin skull representation arsenic their symbol.

Similar scenes were seen astatine not 1 but two Michigan towns the play before, erstwhile different radical waving flags with swastikas sought to upend play astir Anne Frank.

American Legion Post 141 successful Howell, a municipality westbound of Detroit, was hosting the accumulation based connected 'The Diary of Anne Frank' connected November 9, erstwhile the fig of masked men showed up - each allegedly shouting antisemitic and racist slurs.

American Legion, a veteran's organization, agreed to big the play successful effect to rising antisemitism successful the United States, making it each the much shocking that the precise happening they were warring against came close to their doorstep.

Bobby Brite, a past commandant of the station and a 26-year US Army veteran, was determination and confronted the neo-Nazis. He posted a live video of them to the legion's Facebook page. 

The Fowlerville Community Theatre, which enactment connected the play, said successful a connection past men were successful the parking batch of the American Legion gathering earlier they were 'moved' to the different broadside of the street.

The play continued, and was performed again the adjacent time without incident.

In that peculiar case, it remains unclear if constabulary were the ones to region them from the property.

The probe into the claims surrounding the much caller incidental successful Ohio, meanwhile, remains ongoing.