Billboard warns ‘There are NAZIS in our neighborhood’ in Washington city

A billboard placed in a city in Washington state this week warns residents that “There are NAZIS in our neighborhood.” 

The Tacoma News Tribune reported on Thursday that the group, Tacoma Against Nazis, paid for the sign and had it installed in Tacoma, Wash., earlier this week. 

{mosads}The sign was posted in an apparent protest of a local business that the group believes employs white supremacists. 

The newspaper reported that this group has repeatedly protested a local tattoo parlor located in the area. More than 30 members of Tacoma Against Nazis held a protest outside the business in late June. 

During the protest, demonstrators held signs that read “I thought we were done with Nazis tattooing people in 1945” and “Tacoma is for lovers not haters,” according to the News Tribune. 

The newspaper adds that the billboard is just a mile away from the tattoo parlor. 

“We wanted something close to the tattoo parlor but we also wanted something in a highly visible location,” a member of the group, Hope Teague-Bowling, told the News Tribune. 

“We haven’t seen (white supremacy) go away and it continues to rise.”

The newspaper added that the parlor’s owners have denied being Nazis. One also reportedly said that the billboard was “a joke.”

In addition to their denials, owners of the tattoo parlor have also criticized the demonstrators. 

“We wanted to say sorry to our loyal clientelle that have been harassed by ignorant, pathetic people,” the parlor posted on its Facebook page July 2, adding that its business had increased since the protest.