Historic Synagogue in Charlottesville harassed by Nazis

[MasterKade]

[QUOTE]As white supremacists converged on a Charlottesville park for their violent “Unite the Right” rally, some of them menaced the city’s historic Beth Israel synagogue during Shabbat services, standing across from the building with semi-automatic weapons in their hands.

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Zimmerman, in an essay published on ReformJudaism.org, said that neo-Nazis marching past the building shouted hateful slogans like “Seig Heil,” the Third Reich’s “Hail Victory” shout. He added that the synagogue had retained an armed guard, after the Charlottesville police department failed to provide the synagogue with security on Saturday.

The synagogue took other precautionary measures, due to calls on far-right Web sites for the building to be burned. Zimmerman said that he and the rabbis decided to remove the congregation’s Torah scrolls to a more secure location.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/380116/charlottesville-synagogue-back-door-neo-nazis/[/url]

They showed up with guns and the police were missing.

Good thing they didn't burn it down...

[AK'z]

yeah but the left were also harrassing the right by having intimidating bodyguards.

both sides are to blame.

[Alice]

And yet you still have people arguing that Nazis are nothing to worry about.

[Judas]

man the cops are happy to send in military-grade equipment and snipers and armies when BLM raises some hell, but these white terrorists? nah they're just some misguided kids, leave them be

[Reflex F.N.]

Nazis are disgusting!
When will this shit end?

[Kotov]

I am still in mild disbelief that America has outright Nazis who are organised enough to plan shit.

[Destroyox]

[QUOTE=Judas;52581638]man the cops are happy to send in military-grade equipment and snipers and armies when BLM raises some hell, but these white terrorists? nah they're just some misguided kids, leave them be[/QUOTE]
You have a point, where the hell is the police? What's their justification for all this inactivity?

[Alec W]

[QUOTE=Destroyox;52581660]You have a point, where the hell is the police? What's their justification for all this inactivity?[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't doubt a few cops were standing there as Nazis.

( as in the nazi has a dayjob as a cop )

[Zeno39]

[QUOTE=Destroyox;52581660]You have a point, where the hell is the police? What's their justification for all this inactivity?[/QUOTE]

Seriously, my family was just talking about this today. Whenever there was a protest/riot/blocked road about another black kid getting gunned down by the police there was in an instant a literal wall of police officers in riot gear totting around grenade launchers, assault rifles, and an assortment of other military tech (pretty sure there was an apc at one protest).

Now here we have actual Nazis marching through the streets with lit torches, some of them armed, harrasing, threatening, and hurting people. With seemingly minimal to no police intervention.

I cant help but wonder if the police aren't as motivated since the Nazis aren't marching for more police accountability.

[Archival]

Pretty sure the article said they didnt provide police guard for the synagogue not that there were no police lads.
Yes its stupid not to have, given the people involved but theres nothing saying they were not there.

[Firgof Umbra]

[quote]Yes its stupid not to but its not like the police flat out werent there[/quote]
Might as well not have been if their response was they couldn't do anything about it.

[Archival]

[QUOTE=Firgof Umbra;52582420]Might as well not have been if their response was they couldn't do anything about it.[/QUOTE]

Read the article, jewish leader said that about himself not anyone else.