OAN’s Brooke Mallory
6:29pm – Monday, February 19, 2024
As they marched through Nashville, Tennessee, a group of white supremacists known as the “Blood Tribe” wore black balaclavas, masks that obscured their faces like ski masks, and red hats with swastika flags. He was wearing a shirt.
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Media sources said the group was approached by a man on Sunday and the incident went viral online.
“Show yourself – what are you ashamed of?” the man reportedly yelled at the neo-Nazi.
Blood Tribe members reportedly worship Adolf Hitler as a god and adhere to white supremacist beliefs, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Additionally, women are prohibited from participating in the movement, which opposes “white supremacists seeking softer ‘optics.'”
According to the ADL, Blood Tribes see themselves as “the only path to a white ethnic state.”
There were no reports of arrests and the group ultimately left the Nashville area in a U-Haul truck that drove away, according to police and witnesses who allegedly followed them, saying the protesters were from out of town. It is possible that
In some of the videos released, neo-Nazis can be heard shouting “deportation”.
During the march, the man approached a neo-Nazi and asked: Show me your fucking face. What happened to your face? ”
“Get out. Your people poop in the streets,” a Blood Tribe member responded to the man.
In response to the neo-Nazis’ remarks, this man said, “You don’t know my people.” The man continued his march, shouting “fuck you coward”.
Meanwhile, Democratic Tennessee Congressman Aftin Behn said his office is “closely monitoring the Nazi rally downtown.”
“These groups, once relegated to dark corners, are now empowered to spout their harmful ideology in public because our nation’s leadership refuses to condemn their words and actions. “I feel like I’m in the right place,” Behn said on Twitter.
Nashville-Davidson County Deputy Mayor Angie Emery Henderson also echoed the news of the white supremacist march.
“I have to say this too: Nazis are not welcome in Nashville. Everyone is free to demonstrate and say whatever they want in America, so shame on you all! Catch the Hateful, Dangerous, Fascists, Nazis [sic] Nonsense outside our streets and beautiful public squares. ”
The Blood Tribe group’s leader, former U.S. Marine Christopher Poelhouse, also appeared in a video expressing support for President Joe Biden, who approved funding for the Ukraine war. The footage was reportedly taken while members were talking to reporters in Florida.
“My vote is wasted. I think Biden is better than Trump, because he’s sending rockets to Ukraine,” he said in the video. “Hail Ukraine!”
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