On Monday afternoon, a neo-Nazi group held a demonstration on an overpass that overlooks Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to a representative from the Metro Nashville Police Department, they received numerous 911 calls and immediately dispatched multiple officers to the area. Eventually, the group managed to hang a banner or sign on the overpass.
As officers rushed to respond, the group started packing up to leave.
MNPD reported that over the weekend, a protestor carrying a Nazi flag used his flagpole to strike a bar employee in downtown. Two individuals were arrested in connection with the incident. Ryan Scott McCann, a 29-year-old from Ontario, Canada, was charged with felony aggravated assault for using his flagpole to hit 19-year-old bartender Deago Buck.
According to the authorities, Buck had recently engaged in a physical altercation with individuals believed to be part of a Neo-Nazi demonstration group.
According to the police, McCann was among the individuals who marched on Broadway and 3rd Avenue on Sunday afternoon, displaying Nazi flags and propagating white supremacist ideologies.
According to the police, as the group made their way down 3rd Avenue after leaving Broadway, Buck engaged in a physical altercation with one of the protestors.
According to a press release by MNPD, Chief John Drake has denounced the hateful actions of the Neo-Nazi group. He also expressed his gratitude towards the MNPD officers who dedicated their late afternoon and early evening to monitor the group’s activities.
Just a week back, a disturbing march was carried out by a hate group of white supremacists in downtown Nashville, which took over certain parts of the area.
Patriot Front, identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group with white nationalist beliefs, was the group that paraded past city hall. According to the Anti-Defamation League, the group’s members hold the belief that their ancestors triumphed over America and bequeathed it solely to them.
On Saturday, a group of roughly 200 individuals donning masks marched through Lower Broadway and the downtown area of Nashville. They were seen carrying both confederate flags and upside-down American flags. Although Metro Nashville officials confirmed that the group did not have a permit for the march, they still proceeded to block off roads on their own accord.