A Melbourne man was left shocked and distressed after seeing a man wearing a swastika arm band at his local suburban fruit and vegetable market.
According to the Anti-Defamation Commission’s chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich, the man in his 40s, called Victoria Police at 4:18pm and was later called back and told there was nothing they could do as it was not against the law to wear a swastika.How the 'modern face of Hitler' began rearing its head as Australia marked Holocaust Remembrance Day
In a statement to SBS News, a Victoria Police spokesperson said"At the time of the phone call the man described had already left the area and there were no reports of criminal activity".
Let's not be that thin skinned.
esesesse Id be more concerned if he was wearing an israeli flag
Not exactly shocking.... there are complete idiots in seen in all cities !
Fake news setup. What a joke.
Who dresses like this in summer in Aus? Long socks and sandals. A heavy jacket. This picture is all wrong. Looks to be something inside the band as well.
I take it he's not a Hindu or Buddhist?
PanzerShock King!
What bunk, just one person wearing a swastika means nothing, if you want to be offended by symbols look at 'made in china' branding that should trigger images of forced labour and their persecution of minorities ?
What is happening in our world? I bet if he had a Muslim badge Police would have been all over him.
Maybe he’s a little mad.. judging by the ponytail, he probably thinks he’s hitlers horse 🐎
cobbah_ Cool dude
Oh COME ON! Look at him with his high socks and gyspsie looks, does he strike you more as a white supremacist or a local loonie?!? Don't politicise something that isn't, or at least not on first glance. You are allowed to think before you get outraged you know!!!
I'm just out trying to buy some fruit and you fuckin perverted weirdos are taking my photo and plastering it everywhere. Disgraceful.
So many fruit & vegetables to throw at him. I wish I’d been there to do it.
But a man dressed as a woman in high heels and a moustach is ok
Attention deficit disorder. The more you report this rubbish the more people will participate in it.
What a confused human being he is? Look at his hair and his attire.
And in other NEWS.....
Noah Taylor dressed up as Hitler and he was paid to do it!
proud boys are among us
The libs have been courting this cohort, so they are getting braver. Fascism disgusts me, these people now walk arm in arm with so-called patriots and the right wing faction of the Libs.
How many times you going to post this same story? lol desperate for clicks sbs?
Its the unofficial Liberal Party branch uniform
Imagime being upset by shapes and colours being arranged in a certain way
Picking up some oranges for the halftime break at the Proud Boys meeting
Funny how people wanna ban things like this but don’t realise where it will lead.
I see no problem free country
If anti-semitism truly is on the rise and it's not just typical J*wish kvetching, at least it shows the general population is starting to wake up
He is taking a big chance with his safety. Nazis have been hunted down by certain vigilante groups since the WW2 Holocaust.
Nazi's into fruit & veg. Who knew.
Hope he was Kicked Out!!😝
He needs to be detained by the police and investigated...
This is what happens when our Prime Minister refuses to condemn the actions of white supremacists in Washington.
Wow. Dunno how I would react to seeing that. Probably not well. I'm pretty accepting of most things but I'm also very quick to anger. This would have angered me. Old mate would not have been leaving with his armband in place.
Here is all you need to know 'There are no Victorian or federal laws banning the display of Nazi symbols'
As if anyone really cares. Your all histrionic actors
Horrible symbol of evil. It’s days are numbered in Australia.
MSMWatchdog2013 Attention seeker
It’s not ‘shocking’. It looks like the same clown I saw wearing a swastika armband a few years back at a Woolies in southeast bayside. I confronted him about it outside. He claimed he wasn’t a racist because he was drinking with an aboriginal chap on the beach...
So ... he is obviously wearing it for attention and you idiots are now giving it to him , learn to ignore people
cobbah_ It's a free country. He can wear what he wants.
Looks like he's going to a fancy dress party come on guy this is b.s fake news
Bloody Hell!! Haven't you heard of free speech, you don't have to listen to it if you don't want.
nvladivostok1 SHOCKING!!!
The image in question is repeatedly shown in loads of films, TV shows, documentaries. If you regularly watch mainstream TV/film then barely a day will go by without you seeing that image. But if you see it in the supermarket? - Suddenly it's Meltdown! It's all so tiresome.
thats what democracy and a free country is ... just ignore it if it doesn't fit your views
BAN THAT SHIT
Horrendous! The swastika has been corrupted by the Nazi - it was and still is an ancient Hindu symbol and those fucktards have bought shame to it. Ban the swastika just ban it
Do we know whether he was mentally stable? I mean, look at the choice of hairstyle for starters..
Emu_Commander Hammer & Sickle killed many many more, but that flag flies triumphant all over Melbourne
So apparently out grandparents and great grandparents died for us to learn nothing. Fuck them I guess huh
And I’m guessing he’s achieved his goal, sometimes it’s wiser not to report!
Get over it
That's sad and alarming
he pinched it from PrinceHarry 😉
I hope one day Communists symbol should be banned too
The Man in The High Castle
This is the kind of Neo I really don't like... Yikes.
They should beat him like the Nazis got beaten
Someone should have just walked up to him and KHTFO.....then cut the insignia off him.....
This one?
Morons actually defending this, in the bin with the lot of you. What an absolute whack job you would be to have this symbol anywhere on you or to be looking up to the Nazis. Stupidity clearly has no bounds. Should be banned here as it is in Germany.
Like it or hate it. Freedom of expression is our most cherished freedom. Violence is an offence. No violence, no law broken. Democracy at work here, move on, just hyperbole
Whatever happened to freedom of speech,
I can't believe we're still seeing this awfulness in 2021
Why is there not similar outrage when the Communist Chinese flag or Hammer & Sickle is flown at the climate marches?
He is in the wrong country! Why doesn't he go back to his Traditional Land of Germany if he doesn't like us Australian Native Blackfellas?
did you at least ask the question if police would now be monitoring this individual? Any other religion associated with hate or extremism would be now under surveillance.
Well maybe there should be some fucking laws banning it
That person would be really shocked at what happens in the alley not far from where I live. People in business suits and luxury cars being regular participants. In a suburb where the average wage is about 200K p.a.
It’s actually a Hindu symbol still found all throughout India, how about people not jump to conclusions? The Nazis stole it from the Hindus
Who is shocked? I'm only shocked more of them aren't seen after the rhetoric of the LNP over the last 20 years.
I'm not advocating violence, I'm just saying that if he gets handbags in the face by a granny or whatever I'd not be surprised 🤦♀️
All good with the LNP 'freedom of speech' shtick.
And he's buying bottled water so he's a double arsehole.
The Man wants to be a NAZI fine. Lets give him the genuine experience. It is mid-winter in Russia right now let's drop him off 200 km west of Volgograd with that stupid fucking NAZI Op armband around his arm. See which kills him first, the cold or the people.
Who cares? If he breaks the law then the legal system will deal with him. In the meantime leave him to have is misguided views.
i know this guy he frequents the south east suburbs he’s been around for years 🤮
Farking NAZIs everywhere these days. Ffs. PunchANazi
What's worse is he wasn't wearing a mask..
It's illegal in Germany and should be here too.
OMG. Here as well?! Shocking and sad
Fucking ban it.
In before this comments section is flooded with Jews demanding Australians be censored more. Jews are responsible for most of Australia's censorship laws as it is. How much more tyranny do Australians need to be under before these Jews are satisfied?
Unbelievable!
Shocking: An Armenian was distressed seeing someone wearing an Ottoman flag. Shocking: An American was distressed seeing someone wearing a Japanese Empire emblem. Shocking: A Rohingya Muslim was distressed seeing someone wearing a T-Shirt with a picture of Suu Kyi. Shocking: ...
Lol
Never ever acceptable.
Or it's some poor bugger with a mental illness. Be a shame if you guys posted his pic and approximate location before finding out.
What a spastic
What's shocking it's an Australian going shopping.
Just a grubby little Incel
Swastika is a sacred Hindu symbol that has nothing to do with hating and killing other human beings. Just because a murderer was wearing Adidas when he killed someone, would you now ban Adidas?
Lmao, these right wing extremist have really gone nuts.
Terrible
AnthonyCole68 An IPA supporter remembering Hitler was vegan
A nutcase junkie.... really is this a real story
With so much fruit around, why not pelt him?!
AnthonyCole68 The next News After Dark star
AnthonyCole68 Oh FFS...just go and tell him 'his lot' lost and either 1) search him for drugs...or 2) check out his eyes...from a distance!
The comments are a great way to determine who are genuine low life scum nazi apologists. If this was 1950 he'd be carried from that market in a box. This isn't free speech or expression, it's called being a downright cunt
Look at all the little neo-Nazis & fascists slithering out from their toilet bowls! PunchANazi
This article needs to be read!
Probably best to speak with ScottMorrisonMP and PaulineHansonOz This is their base!
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How the actual fuck is this news?
Somehow all these Swastika related incidents are reported to the Anti Defamation Commission.. let's be real here it's highly likely to be Dvir getting his mates to do it so Dvir can push his Swastika ban in the media.
Let's not forget, genocides have been taking place everywhere before & after WWII. If you ban one symbol, you'll have to deal with calls for the banning of others. My question is, would cover a story about someone wearing the Japanese Empire's emblem? I doubt it.
While we are banning flags and symbols let’s also ban any flags that promote Communism as well! One of the few ideologies that actually killed more people than the Nazis!
THIS SHIT NEEDS TO BE ILLEGAL FFS
Shocked and distressed? Oh my, how will he cope with this for the remainder of the day? Such a newsworthy story. I mean a swastika armband, and picking fruit. What's this horrible unfair world coming to?
008moonside Wish I’d been there . Wouldn’t wear it ever again ...
There’s no right wing extremism in Australia!!
WTAF. 'I forgot, this isn't one of my out of the house tops' 😡
Good it was reported
Men and women of my late fathers age who risked their lives so we could live in a democratic world/country would have belted the crap out of this piece of shit.....I wish I’d have been at the market to see him....
Future LNP PM?
I can't believe this. Do Nazis eat fruit?
Swastika is an ancient religious symbol so has various meanings ?
Are we going to apply the same standard here too? Swastika vs hammer and sickle. Same same...
No law against it?!
It needs ban and guy should be educated.
Larry Loser.
Clearly photoshopped
He might be a vegan also ....
🤣🤣🤣the pathetic society.. Heaven help these delicate flowers, if they ever face real danger.
Communism killed 100 million people. Ban this.
Bash that man
When right wing bigots are included in the honours list, it will enable others to openly flaunt their beliefs
Achtung! Was the man of ethnic European appearance like the ScoMos? May be, specifically, of Germanic ancestry?
I guess that guy has some mental health issue that led to wearing that in public.
This hits a nerve for many due to the pain we know from our parents and grandparents. Can’t believe this is not illegal. I believe it is illegal in Germany so why not here.
Why didn't anyone smack him about and take that crap off his arm? The real problem is that people stand by and ignore or take pictures from a distance without stepping in! We live in a soft and gutless society and we should all be embarrassed with how we have turned out!
This was the highlight of this man's life. It's all downhill from here.
If everyone confirmed to him that he is a true f wit maybe he would make a smart choice and not display his ignorance and disrespect. Really not acceptable and not free speech.
'Australian Nazis should not be allowed to intimidate anyone, and it is simply unacceptable to think that in Melbourne, neo-Nazi thugs have a license to openly brandish this symbol of extermination and evil, knowing full well that Victoria Police is powerless to stop them'
There is no place in society for people wearing swastikas at all. I don’t blame the guy for being shocked and distressed. That said, if we want to go down the path of outlawing, can we please outlaw Daniel Andrews? He’s shocked and distressed me for the last 6 years
Definitely a Trump supporter.
This is what happens when government does not take action to condemn right wing extremism.
It really ought to be banned.
time for some new laws in Australia - No place for hate.
At least he’s drinking water. Very healthy. This is not news. weirdos everywhere. despite what you hear we don’t live in a police state.
An LNP voter
Incel life.
The rise of right-wing extremism in Australia 🇦🇺 is growing.
Not the Port Adelaide jersey wearing nuff who usually wears it