Masked group marches through Ohio neighborhood with swastika flags

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Masked group marches through Ohio neighborhood with ********* flags

The governor of Ohio and city officials in Columbus are speaking out after a group of masked individuals marched through the streets of the Ohio capital city Saturday dressed in ****** and holding flags with swastikas on them.

The unidentified people were spotted around 1 p.m. walking through the Short North neighborhood,

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. Images and videos of the marchers went viral on social media sites.

The Columbus Police were dispatched, and the investigation is ongoing.

PHOTO: Men carrying carrying flags with swastikas walk down a street in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in this screengrab from a video supplied to ABC News. (Handout)

“We will not tolerate hate in Ohio,” Ohio *********** Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement on the social media platform X on Saturday evening. “Neo-Nazis — their faces hidden behind red masks — roamed streets in Columbus today, carrying ***** flags and spewing vile and ******* speech against people of ****** and Jews. There were reports that they were also espousing white power sentiments.”

He added, “There is no place in this State for hate, bigotry, antisemitism, or *********, and we must denounce it wherever we see it.”

“The Columbus community stands squarely against hatred and bigotry. We will not allow any of our neighbors to be intimidated, threatened or harmed because of who they are, how they worship or whom they love,” the City of Columbus said in a statement Saturday evening. “We embrace tolerance and acceptance, and derive great strength from our diversity. It is who we are as a people, and it is precisely what has enabled us to grow and thrive and reach new heights of excellence. Together, we ******* the cowardly display reported in the Short North earlier today, and we will continue to monitor the situation in partnership with the Columbus Division of Police to ensure the safety and security of our city.”

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Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein echoed those sentiments in a

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posted on X.

“To those involved in the neo-***** march in the Short North today, take your flags and the masks you hide behind and go home and never come back,” he said. “Your hate isn’t welcome in our city.”

PHOTO: Scioto river with waterfall and Columbus Ohio skyline, USA (Ian Spanier/Getty Images/Image Source)

Last week, a group of masked demonstrators were seen

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outside a production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in Howell, Michigan.

The protesters were asked to move and there were no arrests.

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