Stockport man flooded ‘alternative’ social media platform with sick videos of Nazi salutes and ‘extremist memes’
Damion Bennett has been jailed after uploading the ‘threatening, abusive and insulting’ material
A Stockport man who posted vile videos of Nazi salutes and ridiculed the Holocaust online has been jailed.
Damion Bennett, 30, was arrested at his Offerton home after uploading the ‘threatening, abusive and insulting’ material to ‘free speech’ forum GAB.
He was jailed for 22 months after pleading guilty to three offences of distributing, showing or playing a recording intending to stir up racial hatred at a hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday (March 27).
Judge Tina Landale also ordered that two mobile phones and a computer tower containing offending material be destroyed.
Bennett, of Hall Street, Offerton, posted three videos showing offensive content including Nazi salutes in January and February 2023 on the online platform GAB, an alternative mainstream social media platform.
Detective Supt Ben Cottam, senior investigating officer for CTPNW, said: “GAB was founded in 2016 and launched publicly in 2017 and claims to promote free speech and individual liberty; however researchers and journalists have found that antisemitism is prominent in the site’s content.
“Bennett created a GAB account with the username @Damo94 in November 2022, where he began posting images, memes and videos which were assessed to be extremist material synonymous with a far-right mindset.
“The content of Bennett’s account was extremely threatening, abusive and insulting, and was intended to stir up racial hatred.
“During the search of his home address officers and online accounts officers found a number of leaflets supportive of a mindset promoting conspiracy theories, antisemitism, racism and extreme right-wing beliefs.
“Distribution of material inciting racial hatred, particularly on the internet and in public, has far-reaching consequences and implications, and anyone posting will be dealt with.”
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