Edhat Staff
A white supremacist group displayed an anti-semitic banner on a Highway 101 overpass in Santa Barbara on Saturday.
A small group of at least six white males dressed in black clothes, black hats, and red scarves covering their faces stood atop the pedestrian overpass near the 400 block of W. Anapamu Street before noon.
The group held a sign that read “Aryan Youth Against Foreign Invaders” with witnesses reportedly seeing swastikas and the men performing Nazi salutes.
Edhat readers also reported seeing officers from the Santa Barbara Police Department arrive on the scene but the group had already fled the area.
According to a post on Reddit, one of the vehicles the men arrived in, a blue Nissan pickup truck, had an Iowa license plate. A bystander reportedly smashed in the windshield of the truck.
A website on the banner linked the group to the “Clockwork Crew,” a fitness focused neo-Nazi group based in Southern California. The group, formerly the Crew 562 Active Club, formed in 2022 and organizes small, localized events and has also participated in events organized by White Lives Matter and the Goyim Defense League, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Last year it was revealed that several current and former members of the United States military are members of this white supremacist group. The Guardian reported the group was founded in Long Beach and has members throughout Southern California, including one who lives in Oxnard.
“Researchers say Clockwork Crew stands out because of its members’ willingness to engage in public confrontations and the key roles played by active-duty and veterans of the armed forces,” the Guardian reports.
Scum
They’re lucky no one did more than smash a windshield. Groups like this need to be pushed back into the shadows.