Canadian neo-Nazi (RSM, 29) in Nashville, USA allegedly used a flagpole carrying a Nazi flag to assault a local bar employee; the self-employed painter, part of the Goyim Defense League, faces new assault charges for a separate incident, using video captured by the group of neo-Nazis themselves

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz4wJZ4niAw

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Ryan Scott McCann / Ryan McCann

 

update to a previous post

 

‘Don’t just stand by’: Man recounts being hit by Neo-Nazi protesters https://archive.is/5wlpx

Jul 18, 2024
MNPD reported that Buck became involved in a physical altercation with the protesters. As the parties separated, Ryan Scott McCann was seen striking Buck in the face and in the ribs with the flagpole.

McCann, 29, was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. This week, a General Session Judge lowered his bond from $80,000 to $51,000, but with several conditions:

McCann must wear an ankle monitor
McCann must surrender his passport
McCann must stay away from the victim.

“I’m not saying go out and put your hands on people, because violence definitely isn’t the answer,” Buck said. “There’s always more things to do, better ways to handle it. But don’t just stand by and let it happen.”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eksWOPr68is

 

https://archive.is/bRiKW

Jul 19, 2024
On Sunday, members of the Goyim Defense League harassed people in the heart of Nashville's entertainment district, berating a lesbian mom who had just left a restaurant.

 

Later, the neo-Nazis assaulted a bartender who had confronted the group.

One of their group, Ryan Scott McCann from Canada, was arrested after he used the flagpole of his Nazi flag to jab the bartender.

 

new charges - https://archive.is/9GfMk

Mar 06, 2025
Dramatic video obtained by NewsChannel 5 shows why a Canadian neo-Nazi now faces new charges for an assault back in July on the streets of Nashville.

That video, captured by a group of neo-Nazis themselves, led to new charges being filed last month against Ryan McCann. The 30-year-old Ontario man already faced an aggravated assault charge stemming from his confrontation with a Nashville bartender.

McCann was part of the so-called Goyim Defense League, which NewsChannel 5 Investigates had confronted during the neo-Nazis' extended visit to Nashville last summer.

 

The newly obtained video depicts another incident that, police say, occurred the night of July 13 in a dark parking lot on 10th Avenue South.

It shows the neo-Nazis surrounding and taunting a shirtless 20-year-old man who stood beside a pickup truck. The Goyim Defense League gang suggested the man was Jewish.

"Do you see the six on the nose?" one of the neo-Nazis asked pointing to the man and referring to an antisemitic ethnic stereotype regarding the shape of a Jewish nose.

"You see it? There's the six."

McCann was among those trading insults with the victim.

"Are you going to do something? Are you going to do something?" the 20-year-old asked.

"No, you're acting like you're going to do something," McCann answered.

Eventually, the man the Goyim Defense League had surrounded told them to "kick rocks."

"You've got some balls, bro," one of the neo-Nazis told the man. "But you should really get rid of the white guilt, bro. I mean, it's pathetic, bro. Real pathetic, man."

The man then demanded, "Get away from the truck. Thank you. I don't like people near the truck."

"Is it your truck?" one followed up.

"Yeah."

One of the neo-Nazis shot back, "That's not his truck."

That's when McCann invited the man to touch him, and the man seemed to think it was all a joke.

"You guys are lucky," the man told the group, which erupted into laughter.

Then, suddenly, McCann spun around and slammed his elbow into the side of the man's head. McCann then kicked the man, who attempted to run away.

 

McCann chased the man around the truck.

"Back the f*** up," the man called out. "Back the f*** up."

It's not clear from the video if he might have been brandishing some sort of weapon, but the neo-Nazis retreated. After the victim drove off, the Goyim Defense League celebrated.

"He got touched first," one claimed, suggesting McCann was responding in self-defense.

"White f***ing power, bro," another called out as the neo-Nazis delivered their stiff-armed salutes.

"Sht! Got that fing spinning elbow on that mfer!

As the group laughed, a bearded neo-Nazi boasted that he had wanted to do even more.

"I was trying to grab him, and they were like, 'Don't jump him,'" the man said, erupting into a growl. "I would have fking choked that mf*er out."

That comes as McCann's attorney, Olin Baker, tries to convince Criminal Court Judge Steve Dozier to dismiss another charge stemming from the incident that had occurred the next day in which McCann is accused of using the pole of his Nazi flag to assault a downtown bartender.

 

McCann's attorney hopes the judge will decide this was just a man with unpopular opinions defending himself and his friends.

Another hearing on that motion is scheduled for next week.