An Accidental Nazi Rally

Weird Little Guys

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, an anti-Muslim nonprofit crowd-sourced the organization of a nationwide series of rallies. Many of the people who stepped up to help turned out to be well known white supremacists.

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