Jewish lawyers launch 'Adopt-A-Nazi' campaign ahead of SF right-wing rally

Monday, August 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco has started a GoFundMe called Adopt-a-Nazi campaign, trying to raise for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which fights bigotry and hatred.

It's likely to they'll surpass the $100,000 goal.
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The money is being raised in part to respond to Patriot Prayer, the group of President Trump supporters scheduled to rally at Crissy Field on Saturday, August 26.

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The strategy behind the GoFundMe campaign is similar to one adopted in 2014 by the residents of a small German town who wanted to get rid of Neo-Nazi marchers.

"One year they came up with the idea to sponsor each marcher by donating ten Euros to an anti-extremist group, so we thought, 'I wonder if we can do something similar here?' And that's how the idea started," explained the group.
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Organizers say they have five more days before the rally, which they say is enough time to raise even more money.

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