Fairfax CA: Nazi Activist Arrested Placing Swastika Leaflets Around Town - 19yo From Livermore Detained - By Wayne Freedman (ABC 7) 25 Nov 2020
FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- In Fairfax, Marin County, it becomes clear from all the BLM signs that this community wears progressive politics on its proverbial sleeves. But the town's social justice self-image is being shaken by a hateful incident caught on camera Tuesday.
An out-of-town visitor wandered through town putting up stickers of swastikas Tuesday until a local, 21 year-old Noah Mohan, confronted him. A video of the encounter has spread on social media.
"Let
me see your stickers? Why you putting that up in my f---ing town, bro?"
he asks in the video. "Putting up Nazi stickers in Fairfax? Let me see
your face, bro. You keep putting them up and I will keep ripping them
off."
"For him to come and put up Nazi stickers in a place where
he doesn't live and in the middle of the day? Thinking no one would do
anything about it? That is crazy to me," Mohan told ABC7 News Wednesday.
Mohan
is half Jewish and an amateur boxer, which speaks to his restraint --
despite the expletives -- in the nine-minute confrontation. His defense
of his hometown was relentless.
"Go back to your car," Mohan commanded as his target crossed a street.
"Why? So you can put up a picture of my license plate?" asked the out-of-towner.
Fairfax
police confirm the man in the photos and the video is a 19-year-old
from Livermore. Despite detaining him, they will not yet release his
identity.
On Wednesday, the police forwarded charges to the Marin County District Attorney for hate crimes and vandalism.
Fairfax Police Department says the video is being included as evidence.
"If I had hit him, I would be the one in jail in cuffs," said Mohan. "It's just right and wrong. I am not a hero. Just doing what is right."
https://abc7news.com/society/bay-area-resident-confronts-man-putting-up-swastika-stickers/8262638/
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