Members and supporters of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a rally in downtown Newnan on April 21, 2018 in Newnan, Ga. Community members have opposed the rally and have come out to embrace racial unity in the small Georgia town.
American law enforcement agencies reported more than 7,100 hate crimes to the FBI in 2017, a 17 percent uptick from the 6,121 reported in 2016, even as violent crime resumed its slow downward trend after increases in 2015 and 2016.
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Retired school teacher Peter Gust was probably unaware of the recent news, as he has spent his last few days defending his decision to instruct a group of high school seniors to give a Nazi salute, according to a student present in the group photo.
“I felt unsafe because I go to school with them,” said Baraboo High senior Jordan Blue, who disputed Gust’s version of events to NBC News. “I don’t believe in what they represented and the symbol they shared.”
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