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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJewish woman in Montana sues over 'troll storm' of neo-Nazi harassment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/18/montana-jewish-woman-sues-troll-storm-neo-nazi-harassmentTuesday 18 April 2017 13.27 EDT
A Jewish woman in Montana who was the target of weeks of harassment by neo-Nazi internet trolls is suing the instigator of the troll storm, asking for damages after receiving more than 700 threatening phone calls, voicemails, emails and other messages.
The attacks on Tanya Gersh and her family made international headlines after Andrew Anglin, who runs a neo-Nazi website, promised to stage an armed antisemitic march through the streets of Whitefish, a remote Montana town where Richard Spencer, Americas most prominent white nationalist, sometimes lives.
The threat of an armed march was just one part of the deluge of anonymous online and phone harassment for weeks this winter targeting Gersh, her husband and 12-year-old son, a local human rights group founded to oppose neo-Nazis, and a series of local businesses deemed sympathetic to Jewish residents.
The attacks followed Anglins claims that Gersh had tried to engage in an extortion racket against Spencers mother to punish her for her sons political beliefs.
I once answered the phone and all I heard were gunshots, Gersh told reporters in a phone call on Tuesday morning, her voice trembling.
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Jewish woman in Montana sues over 'troll storm' of neo-Nazi harassment (Original Post)
G_j
Apr 2017
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The Blue Flower
(5,444 posts)1. Just received an update on this from the Southern Poverty Law Center
I'm happy they're taking this case and pursuing these slime heads. If you have a few dollars to donate somewhere, please send it to them. We need them more than ever.
G_j
(40,370 posts)2. Yes, they are crucial
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3. kick for visibility
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)4. Whitefish: not actually that remote
it's in the "gateway to Glacier National Park". in fact, Kallispel/Columbia Falls/Whitefish is a fairly populated place for MT. 50, 70K?
this Neo Nazi shit has been going on far too long there. Time for the Feds to step in.