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Dennis Donovan

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Sat Jan 18, 2025, 11:31 AM Jan 18

Phil Williams: Videos, posts from neo-Nazi group's internal chats reveal suspect's motives in antisemitic stunt

Phil Williams - Videos, posts from neo-Nazi group's internal chats reveal suspect's motives in antisemitic stunt

Posted 6:43 PM, Jan 17, 2025 and last updated 24 minutes ago
By: Phil Williams



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's an image that again shows hate rearing its ugly head in Middle Tennessee: a neo-Nazi standing in the lobby of Nashville’s Jewish Community Center while wearing a costume that mocks an Orthodox rabbi.

NewsChannel 5 Investigates first broke the story about the neo-Nazi arrested for harassing people at the Gordon Jewish Community Center Monday night. Travis Keith Garland, 31, of Blount County was charged with criminal trespassing and assault.

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According to online chatter reviewed by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, the Blount County man is affiliated with the neo-Nazi Goyim Defense League, the group that spent a couple of weeks on Nashville streets last summer, pushing its crude antisemitic, racist and homophobic messages. One GDL member was arrested during back in July.

Metro police spokesperson Don Aaron said Garland entered the Jewish Community Center on Percy Warner Boulevard about 7:45 p.m. Monday, wearing a fake beard, fake curls and clothing to make him appear as an Orthodox Jew.

He had a cell phone in his hand as if he was recording or streaming the stunt.

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Phil Williams: Videos, posts from neo-Nazi group's internal chats reveal suspect's motives in antisemitic stunt (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 18 OP
Wtf is wrong with these nazis? SheltieLover Jan 18 #1
Your last word explains it fargone Jan 18 #2
I know... SheltieLover Jan 18 #3
Rare time one would almost support police brutality IbogaProject Jan 18 #4
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70sEraVet

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Sat Jan 18, 2025, 05:41 PM
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There has been a very vibrant Jewish community in Nashville for almost as long as there has been a Nashville. And the Gordon Jewish Community Center has been the heartbeat of that community for decades.

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