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STATE DEMOCRATS RALLY
AUGUST 1, 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 30
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Trump forges cryptocurrency alliance in Nashville
Crypto herd falls in line behind Trump at Bitcoin2024 address BY ELI MOTYCKA
Kamond Williams, Rep. G.A. Hardaway, Jaquial Forrest, Rontarius Wilson and Detonio Wilson in the Cordell Hull State Office Building PHOTO: HAMILTON MATTHEW MASTERS
Lawmakers call for action after neo-Nazis harass Black children downtown
Reps. Jones, Hardaway condemn hate group members who hurled racist insults at young street performers
Two things mattered inside Bitcoin2024, the premier international cryptocurrency conference hosted at Music City Center by Nashville’s Bitcoin Magazine over the weekend. The first was a five-digit number illuminated under a geodesic dome made to look like the surface of the moon. In early February, Bitcoin’s dollar value settled above $60,000, about 10 times its value in 2019. This number sheds and gains full percentage points during a typical week. Many conference-goers — the true Bitcoin faithful, bought-in financially and emotionally — didn’t need the ticker to quote the asset’s market value with almost hourly precision. A snaking queue into the Nakamoto Stage, a limited-capacity hall hosting the event’s main speakers, was the second. At points during Bitcoin2024’s >> PAGE 2
BY HAMILTON MATTHEW MASTERS A viral video of neo-Nazis harassing Black children with racist insults in downtown Nashville has sparked outrage from residents and public officials alike. In response, House District 52 Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and District 93 Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-Memphis) are calling for answers from police and legislative action. The July 13 incident was filmed and posted online by the neo-Nazi group that has been harassing citizens, police and elected officials over the past two weeks. The group has disrupted a Metro Council meeting
and a Jewish-led rally standing up to the group, and one member of the group has been charged with physically assaulting a Nashville man. The video shows the group harassing several Black children who routinely publicly play bucket drums downtown. Members of the white supremacist group can be seen sporting swastikas and giving the Nazi salute, calling the children the N-word and other slurs. In the video, Metro Nashville Police officers can be seen standing between the hate group and the children, with one officer appearing to speak to one child before the
youngsters walk away from the group. The children, ages 9 to 14, spoke at a press conference in the Cordell Hull State Office Building on Wednesday, during which they said officers walked with them for one block and told them to go home. “[The hate group] just wanted to mess with Black kids like us and just mess up our day,” 10-year-old Detonio Wilson said at the conference. The children told reporters they are normally met with compliments, tips and people recording their performances over the approximately three years >> PAGE 2
Donald Trump speaks at Bitcoin2024 PHOTO: HAMILTON MATTHEW MASTERS
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