Virginia man plans accordion serenade to fight racist robocalls

A Virginia man says he’s assembling a small army of accordion-playing clowns to fight hate in North Idaho.

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Sun., Sept. 23, 2018

Justin Beights, of Charlottesville, Virginia, says he’s assembling a small army of accordion-playing clowns to fight hate in North Idaho.
Justin Beights, of Charlottesville, Virginia, says he’s assembling a small army of accordion-playing clowns to fight hate in North Idaho.
FILE – On behalf of the Fox television show “TV Nation,” members of the Class Acts Dance Academy, from Spokane, dance to the Supremes hit “Stop! In the Name of Love” outside the Aryan Nations compound in Hayden, Idaho, on July 21, 1995.

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FILE – On behalf of the Fox television show “TV Nation,” members of the Class Acts Dance Academy, from Spokane, dance to the Supremes hit “Stop! In the Name of Love” outside the Aryan Nations compound in Hayden, Idaho, on July 21, 1995.

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Scott D. Rhodes, left, speaks with Sandpoint police officers in an image captured by an officer’s body-camera on Dec. 1, 2017. Rhodes, the neo-Nazi who plagued several parts of the country last year with hate-filled robocalls from his home in Sandpoint, is now living in Libby, Montana.

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