A neo-Nazi from Petaluma was reportedly arrested in Poland during the weekend. Jon Minadeo the Second says he was arrested for demonstrating against Jews at the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Minadeo made the announcement Saturday, on the conservative social media platform Gab.
via ksro: Petaluma Neo-Nazi Arrested After Protesting At Auschwitz
siehe auch: Polish police arrest Minadeo during white supremacist tour of Europe. Polish authorities arrested American tourist Jon Minadeo Jr. for violating the country’s hate speech laws after the Holocaust denier demonstrated in front of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp. He was released shortly after. His arrest represents the first time the antisemitic influencer has publicly faced legal repercussions for spreading antisemitic propaganda. Unlike the U.S., Poland criminalizes certain forms of hate speech, and the country’s laws reference Nazism and fascism specifically. At home, in addition to hosting near-daily livestreams for 4,200 followers on his website Goyim TV, Minadeo engages in what he calls “activism”: hanging antisemitic banners on highway overpasses that blame Jews for fomenting a “race war,” for example, and orchestrating nationwide flyer campaigns. The 39-year-old, who until recently lived in Petaluma, has more than 10,000 combined followers on the sites Telegram, Gab and Goyim TV, where he rants against Jews for hours at a time; Californian neo Nazi is arrested in Poland for posing outside Auschwitz extermination camp with sign reading ‘suck 6 million d*cks’ and swastika necklace Jon Minadeo, 39, of California was arrested for wearing a Nazi necklace and holding anti-Semitic banners in front of Auschwitz Polish criminal law prohibits Nazi paraphernalia, hate speech and promotion of totalitarian regimes Minadeo, who is known for his bigoted pranks in the U.S., was seen on video berating a South Asian man for ‘ruining Europe’ He also reportedly picked a fight with a Polish man who told him that wearing the Nazi symbol was illegal. A California neo-Nazi known for racist pranks around the San Francisco Bay area was arrested in Poland for wearing a swastika necklace and posing with vulgar banners that taunt Jewish leaders outside the front gate of Auschwitz. Jon Minadeo Jr., 39, who runs several online sites that cater to hate speech and bigotry, also posted a video of himself berating a South Asian man on the street in Warsaw, telling the man that he’s ‘f**king up Europe.’ ‘Got handcuffed & arrested in Poland today for (((Hate Speech))) regarding Aushwitz [sic],’ Minadeo posted on his fascist social network Gab, according to the Jewish News of Northern California. ‘Just got released tonight with a fine and my chains and computer temporarily confiscated. Life’s good! You can’t keep me down Jews! #HandsomeTruth.’