{"id":30048,"date":"2023-02-12T13:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=30048"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:56:49","slug":"neo-nazis-have-shown-up-in-lakeland-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/02\/12\/neo-nazis-have-shown-up-in-lakeland-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo-Nazis have shown up in Lakeland again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These men were coming into neighborhoods today throwing literature that is anti-Semitic into yards, including ours. My husband almost got into a fight with them and they called him a N****. I followed them and they did several heil Hitlers while also surrounding my car in an attempt to intimidate me and told me to turn \u2019my people in\u2019, said Valerie Morrow The cops have stopped them, so what comes of this I do not know. They had a microphone with swastikas on it they banged on my window with.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-8a66fff5501dcb48abb142d894c349df ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: 100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Neo-Nazis Distribute Anti-Semitic Literature in Lakeland\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uy3_yG0RgQg?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"Neo-Nazis have shown up in Lakeland again\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Neo-Nazis Distribute Anti-Semitic Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday afternoon, a group of six men rode around in a rented U-Haul pickup truck doing the Nazi salute and throwing anti-Semitic propaganda onto people\u2019s lawns before being stopped by the Lakeland Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"30051\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2-7.png?resize=250%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2-7.png?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2-7.png?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Burt Colucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"345\" data-id=\"30050\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-3-4.png?resize=250%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-3-4.png?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-3-4.png?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"376\" data-id=\"30049\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-4-3.png?resize=243%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-4-3.png?w=243&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-4-3.png?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jon Minadea II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valerie Morrow take photos and videotaped some of the neo-Nazi activity on Saturday. The video, she says was taken on her way home from work when she got a phone call that masked men in a truck threw anti-Semitic literature onto lawns in their neighborhood off Edgewood Drive, Lake Hollingsworth Drive, and Crystal Lake Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"30053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328025916_3169506480008242_2089812428392904167_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328025916_3169506480008242_2089812428392904167_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328025916_3169506480008242_2089812428392904167_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328025916_3169506480008242_2089812428392904167_n.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/328025916_3169506480008242_2089812428392904167_n.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"30054\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/330627777_446855124243599_8921486794146081530_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/330627777_446855124243599_8921486794146081530_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/330627777_446855124243599_8921486794146081530_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/330627777_446855124243599_8921486794146081530_n.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/330627777_446855124243599_8921486794146081530_n.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"353\" data-id=\"30052\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-5-2.png?resize=256%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-5-2.png?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-5-2.png?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the second time that a group of people spouted neo-Nazi rhetoric in Lakeland in the past three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, a dozen neo-Nazis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/12\/04\/neo-nazi-protesters-display-nazi-flags-outside-a-local-charity-event-featuring-drag-queen-shows\/\">protested outside a benefit arts performance<\/a>&nbsp;that included men in drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week later <a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/12\/17\/over-two-dozen-faith-leaders-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-lgbtq-community\/\">local faith leaders denounced the Neo-Nazi message.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/extremist-files\/ideology\/neo-nazi\">According to the Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>, states that \u201cNeo-Nazi groups share a hatred for Jews and a love for Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. While they also hate other minorities, gays, and lesbians and even sometimes Christians, they perceive \u2018the Jew\u2019 as their cardinal enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland PD identified two of the men in the truck: Burt Colucci, 46, and&nbsp;Jon Minadea II, 52.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-24415d0cbe7267af1c467126484b28c1 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: 100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Neo- Nazi in Lakeland\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V7BUZhI4k4Y?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"Neo-Nazis have shown up in Lakeland again\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colucci, who has lived in Lakeland in the past, calls himself the \u201ccommander\u201d of a neo-Nazi group called the National Socialist Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LPD are reviewing the events to see if any laws were violated while Chief Sammy Taylor acknowledges Neo-Nazi First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is illegal to litter and it\u2019s also illegal to ride in the bed of a pickup the LPD did not cite them so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These men were coming into neighborhoods today throwing literature that is anti-Semitic into yards, including ours. 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