Melbourne Man Seen Wearing Nazi Swastika After The Footy

Outrage has swept through the community in Melbourne after a man was seen wearing a hat that had a Nazi swastika emblazoned on it.

The man was spotted on Richmond Train Station's Platform 4 on the weekend after the end of the AFL.

The person who noticed the controversial and hurtful symbol was a Jewish man whose family died during the Holocaust, according to 7News.

This is one of multiple cases in Victoria of people donning the Nazi swastika.

People have worn arm bands, full Nazi costumes and even proudly flown a flag above their property.

The state is set to ban the wearing or displaying of the symbol after the Victorian Parliament's Legal and Social Issues Committee made a landmark recommendation.

The Committee decided earlier this month it is time to change the state's racial vilification laws and ensure Nazi symbols and insignia from Germany's Third Reich be hidden from public view.

"The committee believes it is important to send a clear message to the community that Nazi symbolism is not acceptable in any form and has wide-ranging, negative societal impacts," the inquiry's report read.

"It recommends that the Victorian government establish a criminal offence that prohibits the display of symbols of Nazi ideology, including the Nazi swastika, with considered exceptions to the law.

"This would allow Victoria Police to immediately remove Nazi symbols that are on deliberate display to vilify targeted communities."

The state government is under pressure to act on the Committee's recommendation immediately to prevent further instances of people wearing the symbol in public.

The Anti-Defamation Commission's Dvir Abramovich told 7News: "If the state government does not put an end to this sickening and escalating crisis right now, Victoria may become known as the swastika state instead of the Garden State.

"No one can feel safe when such terrifying episodes are allowed to happen.

"I repeat my call for the state government to draft a bill that bans the public displays of Nazism and to pass the law immediately. Enough is enough."

Topics: Australia

Stewart Perrie

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