A man shouted a pro-Nazi and pro-Trump salute during a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre on Wed night. Audience members feared the worst was about to happen, Rich Scherr said the outburst, during intermission, prompted fears that it was the beginning of a shooting. The man, who had been seated in the balcony, began shouting “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump.” Immediately after that, “People started running,” Scherr said. “I’ll be honest, I was waiting to hear a gunshot. I thought, ‘Here we go.’” Anti-Jewish incidents reported to police in MD jumped 47 percent in 2017 to 78 incidents, according to a Baltimore Sun review of records. Earlier Wednesday, a swastika and anti-black graffiti were found in a bathroom at Goucher College in Towson.
At www.baltimoresun.com
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