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A group of people calling themselves “anti-racists” protested on the streets of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie on Saturday, briefly gathering where an influential neo-Nazi is believed to live in the neighbourhood.

Before the demonstration began, a handful of residents expressed concern over a recent spate of hate-related incidents in Montreal.

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“Last week, we saw graffiti that glorified Richard Spencer, on May 1, we saw someone go on his roof with a Nazi flag in Parc-Extension,” one resident, who refused to give his name, told the crowd while it gathered outside Beaubien métro station.

“What we’re seeing is the far-right taking up more and more space, spreading heinous ideologies that incite violence,” he said. “We can’t tolerate it.”

Last week, the Montreal Gazette published an exposé on an influential neo-Nazi who goes by the name Charles Zeiger, who lives and recruits fellow neo-Nazis in Montreal.