Antisemitic propaganda attacks hit Ormond, Daytona, International Speedway Boulevard
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Read full article502Patricio G. Balona, The Daytona Beach News-Journal February 20, 2023, 5:33 PM·3 min read A white supremacist group gathered on the pedestrian bridge leading to Daytona International Speedway holding antisemitic banners. Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said the group is known to try to bait police into violating their speech rights so they can sue.
Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach were targeted Sunday with antisemitic literature, police say, a day after white supremacists stood on the pedestrian bridge over International Speedway Boulevard holding anti-Jewish signs.
Daytona Beach police Chief Jakari Young said on Saturday, dubbed the group behind the speedway demonstration "First Amendment auditors."
Young said they are monitoring the group and that it is known to bait police with their actions.
"Their goal is for us to take the bait so we can do something that violates their rights and so they can sue the city," Young said. The group was not seen around the International Speedway on Sunday, Young said.
Antisemitic fliers that touted the viewpoint that people of the Jewish faith are behind the COVID-19 pandemic were distributed overnight in February 2022 in an Ormond Beach neighborhood.
However, watchdog group StopAntisemitism tweeted Sunday that the groups responsible were the "Goyim Defense League" and "NatSoc Florida." The GDL is known for dumping antisemitic propaganda in yards in multiple cities and hoisting banners similar to the ones displayed Sunday.
The Anti-Defamation League reported Sunday that this was a coordinated effort by the two groups consisting of about 15 individuals, focusing on Florida.
"GDL is a network of rabidly antisemitic provocateurs led by Jon Minadeo who recently relocated to Florida from California. GDL's overarching goal is to expel Jews from America. To that end, they cast aspersions on Jews and spread antisemitic myths and conspiracy theories in hopes of turning Americans against the Jewish people," the group wrote.
As for the distribution of propaganda, Young said "the person responsible for distributing this material wants to promote fear, hatred, and division! We strongly denounce any form of hate or discrimination toward any individual or community."
It was not immediately clear Sunday afternoon if the antisemitic literature targeted the same Ormond Beach community that was blanketed with hate flyers around this same time last February
Ormond Beach Police Chief Jesse Godfrey released a statement Sunday decrying the action in his city. Neither Young nor Godfrey provided details on who was behind it or what was actually distributed.
"As chief of police, I want to make it clear that the Ormond Beach Police Department is deeply troubled by the recent distribution of antisemitic propaganda throughout our city," Godfrey wrote in a statement. "This behavior is unacceptable, and we strongly denounce any form of hate or discrimination toward any individual or community."
Both police chiefs said they stand in solidarity with the Jewish communities in their cities and will not tolerate actions that go against their departments' missions.
Young and Godfrey urged anyone with information to contact police.
"If you have any information or video footage that can assist us, we urge you to come forward and share it with Ormond Beach Police Corporal Jeremy Smith at jeremy.smith@ormondbeach.org," Godfrey said in his statement.
Young urged Daytona Beach residents with information or video to contact Daytona Beach police Sgt. Tim Ehrenkaufer at EhrenkauferTim@dbpd.us
"We are calling on our great community partnership to assist with this investigation," Young said, urging citizens of Daytona Beach to come forward.
This story has been updated.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Antisemitic propaganda targets Ormond, Daytona and speedway
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Sadly, these anti-Semitism acts have been happening in many parts of Florida.
Antisemitic fliers that touted the viewpoint that people of the Jewish faith are behind the COVID-19 pandemic were distributed overnight in February 2022 in an Ormond Beach neighborhood.
That is really really messed up, to put it as nicely as possible...
It also has happened just north of me in Gainesville. This is not the first time in Daytona/Ormond Beach.
Didn't it happen in Jacksonville too? Shame really as last time I was there it was a nice place. Good hospitals.
Yes, it happened in Jacksonville as well.
ladies and gentlemen, meet the new GOP...
Joe Mineado is a Bernie Sanders voter and purveyor of left wing antisemitism.
And a purveyor of massive amounts of right wing antisemitism, which is where Nazis and Neo-Nazis squarely fit.
Anti-Semites will use any propaganda they can employ to spread their message.
I'm sure that he did and he'll have Bernie on Goyim streaming with a Jewish space laser. I read the interview he had with Phil Barber in 2022 in Northern California.
So, do you support Joe and do you want to make a comment on his group or anything about the article?
I think you meant that for devangelcial
Not at all, it was for you.
We're certainly glad he's out of here. He must find the political terrain in Florida more welcoming, likely attracted by DeSantis's reactionary extremist message and agenda. Is this the type of person NT's reactionaries gleefully boast are leaving California? You can have him.
Yes, and by moving Minadeo raised the average IQ of both states...
By leaving, he certainly raised the average IQ in California.
It would be great if we could ship him to Cuba.
He would feel right at home in Putin's Russia.
Where was racetrack security? It would have been their call.
At least they didn't get any TV time.
The group has done this before, in fact it was a couple of months ago that they did this. They try to bait the LEO's into violating their right so they can sue.
It's really shitty and says a lot about the police chief that he tried to blame this on "First Amendment Auditors." This isn't what they do, this was a bunch of racists.
Free speech is easy when you agree with what is being said.
It only gets difficult when you don’t.