Nazi flag along Nickel Plate Trail draws anger from riders, officials

MACY — Kokomo resident Mike Williams said he was in disbelief when he saw a Nazi flag flying from a flagpole alongside the Nickel Plate Trail near Macy.

He said he had biked that section of trail earlier in the year, and the same landowner had a Confederate flag on his property. The flagpole is located at the very back edge of the property and sits just off the pathway.

“When I saw they had a Nazi flag now, I was just dumbfounded,” Williams said. “I just can’t believe that someone in this country would do that. ... I’m not Jewish, but I started thinking if I were Jewish, I’d really feel threatened and scared if I saw that.”

But Jerry Piotter, a farmer who placed the flag on his property at 9380 N. 100 West, said the flag isn’t meant to threaten anyone.

He said he hung it there as a political statement opposing President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, who he believes are socialists. Piotter said he believes socialists share the same philosophy as the Nazis.

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The community should treat Piotter like the a-hole that he is.


Jerry Piotter, a farmer who lives near Macy, flies a Nazi flag on his property near the Nickel Plate Trail.