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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Following a February 7th neo-Nazi rally, residents of Lincoln Heights, a majority-Black Ohio town, formed an armed Safety and Watch Program to protect against hate groups.

The rally, where participants waved swastikas and shouted slurs, received little police intervention, sparking fears of future threats when no arrests or identifications were made during the incident.

Volunteers now patrol bus stops and neighborhoods. "I've never felt safer as a Black man in my community," said spokesperson Daronce Daniels.

The historically underserved and self-governing community shows strong support for the initiative with yard signs and sees this as a continuation of its legacy of self-reliance and community defense.

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[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 265 points 1 month ago

The cops didn't didn't show up for the same reason that you never see Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus at the same time.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

They were already there! Just in a different uniform

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 36 points 1 month ago

Good news: Law enforcement has operatives highly placed in every domestic terror organization.

Bad news: they are not informants.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 115 points 1 month ago

Wanna bet this community sees a temporary decrease in crime?

Hell, I personally would feel safer as an opponent of facism there too.

History shows us that this will not be tolerated for long though, regardless of the constitutional right. I hope this idea is picked up elsewhere. There are a lot of places that could benefit from running their own regulated militia: cities, towns, and neighborhoods.

[-] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 71 points 1 month ago

You wanna bet they're gonna make some laws now to restrict them because black people are exercising their 2nd amendment rights.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 40 points 1 month ago

That's the part I'm curious about. California did enact a law in 1967 requiring permits to openly carry loaded firearms, but the Black Panthers didn't just go away.

Anything enacted at a federal level will get pushback, and I'm very curious about how it will be constructed to avoid pissing off their support. In either way, I would presume that people aren't just going to passively hand over their guns. We know how that ends up.

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 61 points 1 month ago

The rally, where participants waved swastikas

Why isn't this enough to shot them in the face?

Millions died at war to stop swastika-waving scum, and the world united to never allow this to happen again, so why is American society suddenly ok with letting them terrorize communities?

[-] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Almost all of the WW2 vets are gone man. I worry that the far right resurgence around the world is being allowed to happen because people are simply ignorant to the horror of WW2. I remember talking to someone younger than me about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. He didn't seem to think much of the Holocaust which I found disturbing. I started bringing up the numbers and I could see the shock in his face. He genuinely didn't seem to grasp just how many people were murdered because of fascism.

[-] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

History classes in the US cover WW2, but barely touch on the causes of WW2.

[-] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

History classes in the US are patriot washed to convince soon to be laborers that they're living in the greatest country to ever possibly exist.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

"People's History of the United States" and "Lies My Teacher Told Me" were eye opening to the omissions from my primary education. "Trail of Tears" should be required reading.

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[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Because the Venn diagram of those waving swastikas and those enforcing the law is nearly a circle.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Some of those that burn crosses???

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[-] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

It’s a good thing Ronald Reagan isn’t around anymore.

[-] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

I read this with the subtext that Ronald Reagan worked as governor of California to pass gun control after Black Panthers were exercising their right to bear arms.

Underrated comment, ty

[-] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

You read good.

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 32 points 1 month ago

Getting organized is good.

Individuals just yolo shooting Nazis and CEOs is kind of heart warming, but real power I think comes from organizing.

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[-] whaleiam@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago

We need these in every neighbor hood now

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago

Resist fascism!

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago
[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Oh, that was just perfect. Thank you.

[-] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 29 points 1 month ago

So the white sherif is more worried about black folks wearing masks and carry assault rifles than the neo Nazis wearing masks and carrying weapons? And not identifying them?

I understand cops don’t want to arrest their friends, but this is pretty bad, even by those standards.

[-] Alloi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

its almost as if the cops are the ones behind the masks, the way they are protecting them.....

[-] ovalofsand@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Some of those that work forces...

[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Every group of people need to have autonomy and independence, and the right to self-govern. No people should have to fear violence and repression from another group.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Are the fucking neo-Nazis showing up in Tesla Cyber trucks? They fucking asswipes should be.

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[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

Hey I think I've seen this episode before!

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this I'd the first season. Next season the US military will bomb the city

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I think letting everybody have a gun is absolutely moronic. But if i was living in the US right now i would definitely be stocking up on assault rifles and ammo.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

An assault rifle just tells everyone you can't aim and are happy with indiscriminate targeting. They are fine when you are fighting 1000 of something, but there's a reason the army sharpshooting badge doesn't include burst fire (or didn't thirty year's ago, anyway).

I'd recommend just about anything else for self defense, actually.

I can't because of some mental health concerns in my household (not the least of which, my own), but otherwise I'd have a revolver.

[-] MoistOwlette@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

An assault rifle just tells everyone you can’t aim and are happy with indiscriminate targeting.

Tell me you've never shot a gun, without telling me you've never shot a gun

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

[Assault rifles] are fine when you are fighting 1000 of something, but... I'd recommend just about anything else for self defense, actually.

(Pointedly) Yeah, we know.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I'm not thinking about self defense against some burglar. I'm talking about self defense in the sense the US gun nuts have been talking about for decades. Now that tyranny has actually arrived, they're very quiet all of a sudden. Who would have thought.

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[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

This situation absolutely calls for rifIe usage. Tell us you know nothing about firearrns without telling us..

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[-] urfavlaura@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

close enough

welcome back Black Panthers

[-] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

KKK aren't the only ones who can run militias.

[-] NeuralNomad@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Good for them!

[-] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

This will be the thing that finally gets us gun control.

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