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by Ben Cohen
Members of the so-called “Goyim Defense League” (GDL) displaying an antisemitic banner on the 405 freeway in California. Photo: Twitter
A 32-year-old neo-Nazi was sentenced to 12 months probation by a court in Florida this week after he was convicted on charges that included a littering offense for distributing virulently antisemitic fliers in West Palm Beach.
Nicholas Bysheim, a resident of Maryland, was convicted of three charges on Tuesday, including resisting an officer without violence and misdemeanor charges for dumping litter and attempting to commit dumping of litter, the States Attorney Office said. The incident with the police officer occurred in January, while the littering offenses took place in March.
Prosecutors had attempted to impose a custodial sentence of 364 days on Bysheim before the judge decided to sentence him to probation and a fine. Further violations during his probation will likely result in imprisonment in Palm Beach County.
Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg told local news outlets that Bysheim “came into our community to incite hatred against the Jewish community.”
He added: “Anyone who disseminates hate here will be held accountable.”
Bysheim was arrested by police after he was spotted tossing antisemitic flyers onto the lawns of private homes as he drove a U-Haul truck. For the last three years, a neo-Nazi group styling itself the “Goyim Defense League” (GDL) has been distributing fliers across the US blaming Jews for the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion, LBGTQ+ community rights and other alleged ills.
The GDL’s founder — a failed rapper and actor named Jon Minadeo who recently moved to Florida after he was fired from a catering business in California owned by his parents — was himself arrested in Palm Beach in February for littering offenses involving the fliers.
After his first appearance in court in March, Bysheim pledged to keep distributing the fliers, citing his rights under the First Amendment.
“Absolutely, I’m going to continue distributing literature in my nation,” he told a reporter from WPTV. “This is my nation.”
