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Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Jul 23, 2024, 04:49 PM ET
Last Updated - Jul 23, 2024, 04:49 PM EDT
Nazis in Nashville
FILE - The Nashville, Tenn., skyline is seen on July 11, 2022. For weeks, neo-Nazis have made repeat appearances in Nashville, livestreaming antisemitic antics for shock value. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

For weeks, neo-Nazis have made repeat appearances in Nashville, livestreaming antisemitic antics for shock value

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville's famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric.

For weeks, neo-Nazis have livestreamed antisemitic antics for shock value in Nashville — waving swastika flags through crowded streets, singing hate songs on the downtown courthouse steps and even briefly disrupting a Metro Council meeting with jeers.

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Their continued presence has sparked hard questions about why Music City is attracting groups amplifying Nazi beliefs and what, if anything, can help stop them.

“What's significant is that so many of groups feel so emboldened,” said Jon Lewis, a George Washington University Program on Extremism research fellow. “They're a symptom of the broader disease that is mainstreaming.”

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