And the truth? The deliberate spreading of lies is criminal and is going to cause violence and death. Considering the end results they desire, it is also treasonous.
"We have no indication of any such patrols at this point in Sanford. The only large gathering was the children and their parents at the Easter egg hunt.”********
The latest wildfire spreading through the media and blogosphere is that armed neo-Nazis are patrolling Sanford, FL, in anticipation of trouble if George Zimmerman is not charged in the killing of Trayvon Martin. In what has become a prime example of media malpractice, none of the major publications spreading the rumors bothered to check with local law enforcement. I did, and the Sanford Police deny any indication of neo-Nazi patrols.
It all started with this blog post in The Miami New Times, Armed Neo-Nazis Now Patrolling Sanford, Say They Are “Prepared” For Post-Trayvon Martin Violence:
Neo-Nazis are currently conducting heavily armed patrols in and around Sanford, Florida and are “prepared” for violence in the case of a race riot. The patrols are to protect “white citizens in the area who are concerned for their safety” in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting last month, says Commander Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement. “We are not advocating any type of violence or attacks on anybody, but we are prepared for it,” he says. “We are not the type of white people who are going to be walked all over.”
Because nothing diffuses racial tension like gun-toting racial separatists patrolling an already on-edge community….
The patrols are comprised of between 10 and 20 locals and “volunteers” from across the state, including some from Miami, he added. He couldn’t go into specifics on what kind of firepower, exactly, the patrols had with them.
The blog post quotes someone from a supposed neo-Nazi group in Detroit, and contains photos of armed patrols not in Sanford, but in Arizona. The author of the blog post provides no confirmation that such patrols actually are taking place.
The blog post already has generated over 1100 comments, and was picked up with reckless abandon by the usual suspects, including Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs:
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I read this on your blog yesterday, and since I live here in Sanford I decided to go find out for myself. I walked around downtown for over an hour yesterday and today and other than some undercover dicks ... there is nobody out of place here in the city. No Nazi's No Militia No colored panthers.
ReplyDeleteIf they are here, they are hiding really well.
Thanks for the first hand account and as expected.
ReplyDeleteJust noticed your Screaming Eagle blog. Were you in Vietnam?
ReplyDeleteAre armed Neo Nazi`s as dangerous as a wannabe Nazi dictator armed with a left handed pen?.
ReplyDeleteNope!:)
ReplyDeleteNo, to young for Vietnam. I was born in 55. Enlisted 11/72 and was at FTCKY from 4/73 until 11/75.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The last years troops were there were '72-'73 I believe, except for Embassy guards and extras were brought in for the evacuation with one being killed at TSN as I remember.
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