Watch chaos ensue at Sacramento City Council meeting over ‘Go home, Nazi’ protest
Video from The Sacramento Bee shows the chaos that disrupted a Sacramento City Council meeting Tuesday when protesters clashed with an attendee who had made racist remarks during public comments the week before.
A homeless advocate shouted at and pushed two people seated with Ryan Messano, the 43-year-old Solano County man who made antisemitic remarks at a previous Sacramento council meeting.
The meeting was adjourned for recess twice as council leaders tried to wrest control away from audience members who had confronted Messano.
“Get the f--- out of here, you f------ Nazi,” a man says in the video as police officers step forward to try to quell the unrest.
“I’m not a Nazi. I never claimed to be a Nazi,” Messano told The Bee afterward. “So this whole thing is, I’m being lied about as racist and bigot. This is the result of a lot of propaganda. It’s very unfortunate, because it creates tension in the community and it’s extremely dangerous and divisive.”
‘Go home, Nazi.’ Protesters interrupt, get tossed from Sacramento City Council meeting
