Posted on 02/21/2024 6:10:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
EAST BAY NEWS Neo-Nazi white supremacist delivers antisemitic diatribe at Walnut Creek City Council meeting sanfrancisco By
/ 8:34 AM PST / CBS San Francisco
A man wearing a "white power" T-shirt and swastikas went on a hate-filled, antisemitic diatribe during a public comment period at a Walnut Creek City Council meeting Tuesday evening.
The man, who identified himself as "Scottie," approached the podium holding up a cellphone and started his comments saying he was "filming this for legal reasons." He then proceeded to denounce the City Council members for shutting down online and phone-in public comments during public meetings, using antisemitic slurs and vulgar language.
"I came here to discuss the attack on free speech and our First Amendment rights being stripped away by Jewish supremacists," he began. "You shut down Zoom comments at the behest of the [Anti-Defamation League] because some Jews' feelings got hurt."
In October, Walnut Creek announced it would stop taking remarks remotely via phone and Zoom after months of harassment by antisemitic callers who frequently targeted City Councilmember Kevin Wilk, who is Jewish. Similar incidents have occurred in other city council meetings in the Bay Area and in Sacramento. Sonoma County, Redwood City and Fremont have also stopped allowing people to speak in public comment portions of meetings via Zoom and phone calls.
The man, who also wore dark glasses and a cap with a Black Sun or German sunwheel (sonnenrad) symbol used by neo-Nazis and other far-right groups, admitted espousing hate rhetoric while telling the city council, "There is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment."
In reality, California's Brown Act only requires municipalities to offer the public a chance to address public meetings in person. Remote commenting was offered by municipalities during the pandemic and kept as an option after meetings were reopened to the public.
During his comments, the man pointed at Councilmember Wilk and threatened to sue the council, saying, "I'm here today because of people like you think we're scared to show up and show our face and call you out in person, and I dare you to shut me down."
The commenter finished his rant by delivering anti-Jewish slurs, suggesting the Holocaust was not real, promoting white supremacist websites and ending with a Nazi salute.
"F--- all you Jews, f--- the ADL, Heil Hitler, white f---ing power," he said at the end of his two minutes.
Neo-Nazi addresses Walnut Creek City Council during public comments at 32:30 (Warning: profanity, hate speech, antisemitic slurs)
Following the man's tirade, a stunned City Council was silent for a few seconds before Councilmember Wilk spoke up.
"Mayor [Loella Haskew], I would just like to say something now that public comment has ended, that we live in a free country and there is free speech, and that means we have to listen to awful and heinous comments like we just listened to," said Wilk. "And I would like to apologize on behalf of the City Council and anybody that had to hear that horrible, horrible speech."
Mayor Pro Tem Cindy Darling responded to Wilk by saying, "And we want to apologize to you, Kevin, because we know this is clearly so directed at you and so vile and not who we are as a city."
During a Walnut Creek City Council meeting in June 2023, a caller who also identified himself as "Scottie" from Walnut Creek delivered similar antisemitic remarks during a public comment period before he was cut off at the urging of Wilk. He was one of four different callers to spout anti-Jewish hate speech at the meeting in what appeared to be a coordinated effort.
A video of that call was posted on the X account @Scottie8841 which currently shows as being suspended.
Wilk said Wednesday morning he knows who the man really is, and his name isn't Scottie.
"Freedom of speech means that even hate speech is allowed. But we don't have to be silent to that hate," Wilk said. "We need to stand up and speak out against it. This person is not from Walnut Creek, we know he's from Modesto. This kind of hate is an attack on all of us. This time it's antisemitism, but next time it may be directed at another marginalized community. Everyone should feel offended.
"I will always stand up against hate speech against any community, wherever that exists," Wilk said. "That's my commitment as an elected leader, and as a member of our civil society."
“A man wearing a “white power” T-shirt and swastikas went on a hate-filled, antisemitic diatribe during a public comment period at a Walnut Creek City Council meeting Tuesday evening.”
Fed! Fed! Fed!....
What’s his FBI badge number?
I don’t like California Nazis
Thanks for the glowing photo!
Good luck finding a real CA Nazi in the wild...
Lol.
At least he drew the swastika Hitler’s way, and not the Indians’ and Buddhists’ way ...
But I bet he’s a 120% Biden voter.
The dude’s name is Scottie BigBalls. I don’t think he’s a fed.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22scottie+bigballs%22#ip=1
Anyone who watches CBS news will believe he’s genuine instead of a Fed.
“ Good luck finding a real CA Nazi in the wild...”
All kinds of kooks there.
Many good people, mostly good people.
Carve out San Francisco and LA and it’s a pretty good place.
There are even conservatives in San Francisco !
100% lean FED certified!
Some agents imbed literally for decades.
He’s obviously a fed.
Did he immigrate from Ukraine or is an FBI agent?
The face palm dude speaks for me
Finally get to see what the hamas nazi on FR called Extremely Extreme Extremist looks like.
Totally real.
Anyone affecting to be a Nazi in public is either a plant or a mental case of some kind.
It’s the millions of communists out there that we need to be fighting, these Nazis are a spent force or a sent farce.
“Come on Feds, at least try.”
The FIBs have a major office in Walnut City...
“Low budget paid actor”.
T-shirts with printed logos are $8 up...
don’t have to be silent to that hate,” Wilk said. “We need to stand up and speak out against it.
Same concept is universal for democrat ear/posterior covering .
the word “hate” represents the any and all conception or even the allusion to the fact that the 2020 presidential election was stolen .
Democrat duck for cover of their ears and release of barrage of fact checker fauxs and experts/sciences/ doctorswitnessing not to mention 51 former intelligence peoples.
Not condoning what is said only the right to say it and the democrats don ‘t want us to .
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