Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazi group that it says led Haitian intimidation

An Ohio city, which was subjected to chaos and threats last year, filed a lawsuit against a nine Nazi group related to the arrival of Haiti immigrants on Thursday, alleging that they had attacks.

City Springfield, Mayor Rob Rowe and several others have tried blood tomb, its leader Christopher Poholas and seven unidentified followers in the US district court in Drake Brents and Dutch.

They accuse the group of accusing the group of “being affected by racial and ethnic hatred, a campaign of harassment and threats”, against those who faced racism attacks of the defendants. Supported the Haitian community of the Spring Field. “

With the legal aid of the Anti -Honorable League, the plaintiff is asking the court to hear the jury trial, which is trying to prevent the group from bringing more risks and imposing losses.

The court file did not list any lawyer for blood tribes. Messages were released to the phone number listed under the names of Poholas and Barrents.

Downtown Spring Field, Ohio in 2024.Jesi Wardersky / AP

The city, located about 60 60,000 west of Columbus, has seen an increase of about 10,000 10,000 people in recent years in recent years, as Haiti’s residents are looking for stability and employment in their home country They have fled the violence. Their growing number has caused rubbing with locals, as a large population has been taxed on schools, roads, hospitals and social programs – and in particular, when a child was killed in 2023 when a child was killed The Haitian migrant driver collided with a school bus.

As a candidate, Republican President Donald Trump expressed his attention to the city during the September presidential debate with democratic rival Kamla Harris, when he raised false claims that the Springfield’s Haiti people’s pets Kid and eating.

The complaint alleges that Blood Tribune first linked a “hit” against the city in July, which called the arrival of Haiti’s people an “attack Was threatening.

The filing states that “members of the Blood Tribune paid attention to the call.” “Over the next few months, Blood Tribune and its members and colleagues issued a tornian of hateful behavior, including harassment, bomb blasts and death threats, including Springfield residents against the Haiti community Let’s talk about support. “

Members of the group showed the city’s Jazz & Blues Festival in August, according to a court document, showing guns, hoisting Swastika’s flags and wearing red shirts, black pants and its masks. He turned to the City Hall, where Drake Barrents, identified as the leader of the group, presented a “racist and anti -enmity”, on which the followers shouted “Seagel” and Nazi greetings. Apply.

Additional measures include harassing voice fairs, hate emails and social media posts fighting plaintiffs and their families in social media posts. The complaint states that group members used dating apps to send men to the late residents’ houses to send drugs and sex to males at night, and their personal information with the intention of joining others to be harassed What is common

Members of the Hatian community and their allies gathered in Boston, Mass. Esica Renildi / Boston Globe through Getty Images

The legalism describes the actions attributed to the blood tribe, which began earlier and the Trump Harris continued after the debate. It does not directly refer to Trump’s remarks, but notes that Pohovis “has taken the rising disgrace” when he spreads worldwide.

Immediately after this debate, the leader of the National Advocate Group for the Haiti people requested private civil rights to file criminal charges against Trump and his subsequent colleague JD Venus on chaos and threats through the Springfield. – A panel of local judges decided in October to send the matter to the County Prosecutor for further investigation, and rejected the demand for arrest warrants or mismanagement summons to both Haitian Bridge Alliance.

The group has waited for the appeal filed in the Ohio Supreme Court. The proceedings alleged that Clark County Municipal Court Judges Valerie Wilt, Daniel Kerry and Stephen Shamkar “had a lack of clear and unclear jurisdiction” to meet as a group as they referred What was it while giving The litigation is pending.

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