Self-described Nazi becomes first in Australian state of Victoria to be convicted over Nazi salute

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Self-described ***** becomes first in *********** state of Victoria to be convicted over ***** salute

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A self-described ***** on Tuesday became the first person convicted in the *********** state of Victoria of performing an outlawed ***** salute.

Jacob Hersant, 25, gave the salute and praised ***** leader Adolf ******* in front of news media cameras outside the Victoria County Court on Oct. 27, 2023, after he had appeared on a unrelated charge. It was six days after the

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had made the salute ********.

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in public or to publicly display, or trade in, ***** hate symbols.

A Melbourne magistrate found Hersant guilty, dismissing defense lawyers’ arguments that the gesture wasn’t a salute and that the ban unconstitutionally infringed upon Hersant’s implied freedom of political communication.

Hersant is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday and could face 12 months in prison and a fine.

Three men were convicted in June of performing the ***** salute during a soccer match in Sydney on Oct. 1, 2022.

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symbols in 2022. They were each fined and have appealed.

Hersant told reporters outside court that he would consider an appeal to a higher court.

He said he did “not necessarily” acknowledge that he had given a ***** salute when he was filmed by media cameras a year ago.

“But I do give the ***** salute and I am a *****,” Hersant said. “I’ll still continue to give the salute, but hopefully police officers don’t see it.”

Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich, a leading opponent of antisemitism in Australia, said the verdict filled him with a profound sense of relief.

“This is a historic and thundering day for justice and decency,” Abramovich said.

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