Ohio man accused of burning 100 books on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ history

Guno צְבִי

We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
The Beachwood Police Department said the man checked out the books in April, days after he went to the library branch and got a library card.

He allegedly told the librarian that his son was a member of the LGBTQ community and that he was trying to learn more about it, the news station reported.

The library was informed that the man had posted a photo showing a car trunk full of books on the site, Gab.com, according to WKYC. The books had Cuyahoga County Public Library stickers on them. The library was later informed that the man posted a video that appeared to show him burning all of the books he checked out.

The books were worth around $1,700, the news station reported.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism described Gab as "an online hub for extremist and conspiratorial content" that it mostly used by "conspiracy theorists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, members of militias and influential figures among the alt right."

 
The Beachwood Police Department said the man checked out the books in April, days after he went to the library branch and got a library card.

He allegedly told the librarian that his son was a member of the LGBTQ community and that he was trying to learn more about it, the news station reported.

The library was informed that the man had posted a photo showing a car trunk full of books on the site, Gab.com, according to WKYC. The books had Cuyahoga County Public Library stickers on them. The library was later informed that the man posted a video that appeared to show him burning all of the books he checked out.

The books were worth around $1,700, the news station reported.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism described Gab as "an online hub for extremist and conspiratorial content" that it mostly used by "conspiracy theorists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, members of militias and influential figures among the alt right."

Such extreme hatred strikes me as irrational. Hopefully he is charged with theft if he doesn't pay up.
 
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