Originally published in the Autumn 2024 edition of the Virginia Defender, issue 75, printed November 6. Reproduced here for accessibility and archival purposes. To find other stories in the Autumn 2024 issue or to download the full PDF, see this post. For other issues dating back to 2012, see the Full Issues page.

Staff Report

The same fascist gang that vandalized the Arthur Ashe mural in Richmond’s Battery Park a few years ago was back in town in October, pasting posters and fliers designed to try and whip up hatred against immigrants.

The poster in the above photo was left at the intersection of Nine Mile Road and Holly Avenue in eastern Henrico County.

Other posters were found in nearby Sandston, as well as Short Pump, Forest Hill Avenue on South Side and around the area of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Anyone who sees this racist filth is strongly encouraged to take it down.

The above poster was attatched to a metal surface wtih what appreared to be wheat paste. A little soap and water and a wire brish made short work of it.

The gang with the posters is the Patriot Front, a national hate organization known for its postering campaigns. Its members also held a march in Springfield, Ohio, after D.J. Trump spread the lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets.

Meanwhile, new armed militias have been springing up around Virginia. Just a few years ago, organizations like the 3 Percenters and the Dixie Defenders (no relation) used to describe themselves as only concerned about big government encroaching on their Constitutional rights.

These days, the thugs are openly pro-Trump, which raises the possibility of fascist goons supplementing official law enforcement if Trump does return to power or if he doesn’t.

Forewarned is forearmed.