Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood fumed that it was an “honor’ to be included on the “hit list” of a neo-Nazi hate group behind a string of disturbing antisemitic incidents: 'It's an honor to be sought after by a bunch of punk thugs like you.'
Chitwood, who did not hide his rage, said a group of GDL members from various states had spent last weekend traveling up and down Daytona’s International Speedway Boulevard while thousands of fans were in town for the races, “yelling obscenities” from the back of a rented U-Haul truck. He said he didn’t “see anything where these people can say this is First Amendment [protected speech]. This is nothing but pure, pure, pure evil.
Chitwood then told those gathered before him that a lot of people in the room—including himself—as well as Jews around the country, were on the GDL’s “hit list.” The biggest concern, according to Chitwood, is that a group like the GDL will radicalize “the next active shooter.” In an interview with The Daily Beast following Monday’s press conference, Chitwood had one thing to say to Minadeo and his group, calling their beliefs “grotesque.”Chitwood recalled “a real, palpable fear amongst the Jewish community when these guys came into town.” He said he was spurred to action by a sense of rage that virulent antisemites would feel free to use his jurisdiction as a backdrop for their bigotry.
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