The group left in a U-Haul box truck that was driven out of the county, police said, indicating the demonstrators were outsiders.

A small group of neo-Nazis marched in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, drawing a few vocal opponents and ultimately leaving following a “challenge,” police said.

The demonstrators, all men, wore red, long-sleeve T-shirts and black pants, and some carried black Nazi flags, according to verified social media video from the scene.

“Neo-Nazi demonstrators … carried flags with swastikas, walked around the Capitol and parts of downtown Saturday afternoon,” Nashville police said in a statement.

No arrests were reported, and the group left in a U-Haul box truck that ultimately exited greater Nashville, police said, indicating the demonstrators may have been from out of town.

“Some persons on Broadway challenged the group, most of whom wore face coverings,” the department said. “The group headed to a U-Haul box truck, got in, and departed Davidson County.”

  • @[email protected]
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    Nobody thinks it’s weird they didn’t rent a bus? They rented a UHaul box truck and just piled in and sat on the floor? Folding chairs? Like this sounds like some low budget human trafficking cosplay.

    • @Red_October
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      It’s because they want to be able to hide. You see a bus, not only do you know it’s full of people but you can often see through the windows, and they can see you. A box truck is a stealthier way to move those people, and it also prevents a bunch of wanna-be tacticool fascist shitfucks from seeing the crowd telling them to emulate their hero and kill themselves.

      • @vynlwombat
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        It could just be way cheaper too

        • @[email protected]
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          That’s probably the real reason. You can get a Uhaul for $20-30 for the day, a bus would be much higher.

          • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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            There aren’t really a lot of places around where you can rent a bus, either. And the driver would need a CDL (with passenger endorsement) if it has more than 15 seats. Any schmuck can rent a box truck.

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      It seems like a really reckless way to travel. Those things don’t open from the inside. If their driver was somehow incapacitated or if someone were to put a lock on the back latch, the nazis in that uhaul would be in serious jeopardy.

      But even without that consideration, the idea of getting into a cramped unventilated vehicle that wasn’t designed for humans and trusting a nazi to transport you anywhere seems ill-advised.

      • peopleproblems
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        Nazis are historically stupid. Modern Nazis aren’t any different

      • Echo Dot
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        They are neo-Nazis, thinking skills are not one of their strong suits. If the Nazis actually came back they’d have them all executed (like they did last time) because these people are useless. They are all far too self-important to follow orders, and too thick for command.

        • @[email protected]
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          You just described the SS, my guy.

          Brownshirt types might be useless on a battlefield but you don’t use them for that, you use them for paramilitary actions like intimidating citizens and rounding up isolated “enemies of the state.”

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            – and once the revolution succeeds what you have is a group of independently minded and experienced “revolutionaries”. So naturally they need to be purged to protect those now in power.

        • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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          they’d have them all executed (like they did last time) because these people are useless

          The Night of the Short Knives.

      • @YarHarSuperstar
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        So what you’re saying is, “keep taking uhauls Nazis”?

      • @HappycamperNZ
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        I mean, if you could think of any group that would put a pile of people in an insafe unventilated box Nazi is pretty high up there.

        I say they should do it again.

    • @Kbobabob
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      Which seems illegal. Why couldn’t they have been pulled over and at least cited for not wearing a seatbelt?

      • @hibsen
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        Who would be available to cite them? All the cops are in the back of the U-Haul.

      • @[email protected]
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        Someone would have had to call it in that saw them getting out (or piling in), otherwise nobody knows what’s inside.

    • @Son_of_dad
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      Is that even legal? Shouldn’t the cops ticket them all for unsafe travel and make them take a bus home?

      • @Telodzrum
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        Some of those that work forces

    • @gnate
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      But what about all the Good Guys that show up in U-Hauls?

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        Hey the only thing that can stop bad guys with U-Hauls are good guys with U-Hauls

    • @Illuminostro
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      It’s easier to avoid detection until it’s too late if no one can see you.