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Phil Williams: Videos, posts from neo-Nazi group's internal chats reveal suspect's motives in antisemitic stunt [View all]
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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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.
/snip/
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.
/snip
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