A group of neo-Nazis were filmed hurling disgusting racial slurs at a group of black children.
The incident was caught on camera in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 14, and showed the group, which plays music in the city, being abused by a group of men belonging to the Goyim Defense League.
In the disturbing video, one of the Nazis can be heard telling the youngsters, some of whom are as young as eight years old, to “walk around us, black people.”
The group of children can be seen crossing the street in the city centre with their makeshift drums while the group of Nazis laugh at them.
The men are dressed in T-shirts that say ‘Whites Against Replacement’, while one man wears a face mask with a swastika emblazoned on it.
A group of police officers approach to stand between the group of children and the racists, before letting the children through.
The group of children can be seen crossing the street in the city centre with their makeshift drums while the group of Nazis laugh at them.
The incident showed the group, who play music in the city, being abused by a group of men belonging to the Goyim Defense League.
The men continue their stomach-turning tirade, saying, “Your fucking blacks,” while also using other horrible language to describe the children.
The camera then focuses on one of the neo-Nazis, who addresses the camera directly.
He continues the racist attack again, saying: “God I love little monkeys like that, that just shows how fucking violent they are at a young age.”
The Goyim Defense League (GDL) was founded by Jon Minadeo II, a failed rapper who was previously arrested in Poland after a vile demonstration outside Auschwitz.
According Paige Southwick Pfleger, WPLN reporterThe group identified itself as the Goyim Defense League.
Pfleger posted on X on the day of the incident involving the children that his group had chanted “sieg heil” and performed the Nazi salute.
According News 5The group of children were returning home after playing drums at the centre when they were subjected to the abuse.
Detonio Wilson, just ten years old, was one of the five children who were verbally attacked.
She told the outlet: “I feel like it was racist because they were just swearing at us. The police weren’t doing anything, they were just telling us to go home.”
Detonio Wilson, 10, is seen here playing buckets alongside other young boys who were abused by the group.
The men are dressed in T-shirts that say ‘Whites Against Replacement’, while one man wears a face mask with a swastika emblazoned on it.
Ashton Lee, a mother of some of the children, told News 5 she couldn’t believe the racial slurs.
She told the outlet: “These kids don’t beg, they play drums, and it’s your choice to give them what you have if you want it. It’s your choice.”
Young children walk to the town centre carrying buckets which they then use as makeshift drums.
Reps. Justin Jones and G.A. Hardaway are now calling on state leaders to condemn the behavior.
Jones said: ‘They targeted children who were alone because they thought they could intimidate them.
“We’re going to tell these white supremacists to take this mess somewhere else. We don’t want it and we’re not going to allow it.”
Jones also asked Police Chief John Drake for clarity on the police officers’ response.
Jon Minadeo II, leader of the hate group Goyim Defense League, gestures as he disrupts a city council meeting in Nashville
A Metropolitan Police statement said: ‘The hatred shouted by the neo-Nazi group towards the five African-American children who happened to meet them on 14 July is shocking and reprehensible.
‘The officer’s body camera video shows members of a police team moving in to calm the situation and walk the children away from the neo-Nazi group.
‘One officer told the neo-Nazis: “You’re children,” in an effort to stop the abusive language.
‘As the children began shouting at the neo-Nazis, the officer can be heard repeatedly telling the children: ‘Be better than them.’
‘The officers who were at the centre that afternoon felt personally offended by the insults.’
The neo-Nazi group has been based in the city of Tennessee for several weeks.
Their continued presence has raised difficult questions about why Music City attracts groups that amplify Nazi beliefs and what, if anything, can help stop them.
Members of the Goyim Defense League hate group sit during a city council session in Nashville, Tennessee, July 16, 2024.
A member of the Goyim Defense League hate group gestures as he disrupts a city council meeting in Nashville
Rabbi Dan Horwitz, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville, said the city is an incredible place for the Jewish community and that a unity rally on Sunday drew hundreds of supporters.
However, part of the reason neo-Nazis have chosen Nashville could simply be its appeal to tourists, he said.
“I’m not surprised that white supremacists are also saying, ‘Hey, this looks like a fun place where we can go and meet up and have our orgy at night.'”
When approached by a WTVF-TV reporter last week and asked “why did you choose Nashville?” the neo-Nazis didn’t offer much more clarity.
“It’s the only place where freedom of speech is respected,” said Nicholas Bysheim, a member of the Goyim Defense League.
The group has also been repeatedly disrupting Nashville-Davidson Metro County Council public meetings.
The city council has introduced a measure to try to limit the damage caused by hate groups, with a bill that would ban local police officers from associating with them.