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Criminal complaint filed after Nazi flag spotted on 2nd rural property in Alberta
RCMP say homeowner refused to take down Nazi and Confederate flags
Posted: May 11, 2021 8:25 PM MT
A woman living in central Alberta says she nearly crashed her vehicle when she saw a Nazi flag and Confederate flag flying side-by-side at a rural property.
For at least the past five years, a rural property owner who lives outside of Breton, southwest of Edmonton in Brazeau County, has displayed a Confederate flag at the entrance. On May 1, the owner added a Hitler Youth Nazi flag on the other side of his driveway.
When a neighbour drove past his property on May 9, she said she couldn't believe her eyes, so she took a photo.
CBC News has agreed to protect her identity for personal safety reasons.
"I nearly drove off the road," she said. "It shocked me because that's not the community. That's why I lost my biscuit and started contacting people."
She said she called the local RCMP detachment, Brazeau County and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in Toronto.
Criminal complaint filed after Nazi flag spotted on 2nd rural property in Alberta
RCMP say homeowner refused to take down Nazi and Confederate flags
Posted: May 11, 2021 8:25 PM MT
A woman living in central Alberta says she nearly crashed her vehicle when she saw a Nazi flag and Confederate flag flying side-by-side at a rural property.
For at least the past five years, a rural property owner who lives outside of Breton, southwest of Edmonton in Brazeau County, has displayed a Confederate flag at the entrance. On May 1, the owner added a Hitler Youth Nazi flag on the other side of his driveway.
When a neighbour drove past his property on May 9, she said she couldn't believe her eyes, so she took a photo.
CBC News has agreed to protect her identity for personal safety reasons.
"I nearly drove off the road," she said. "It shocked me because that's not the community. That's why I lost my biscuit and started contacting people."
She said she called the local RCMP detachment, Brazeau County and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in Toronto.