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Neo-Nazi Sued for Unleashing Troll Army on Richard Spencer’s Enemy
A real-estate agent tried to stop a white nationalist was bombarded with death threats and anti-Semitism. Now she's taking the alleged mastermind to court.
GABY DEL VALLE
04.18.17 1:44 PM ET
Tanya Gersh answered a phone call from an unknown number. First, she heard silence, then gunshots.
A harassment campaign against Gersh and her family began last December after the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer published a blog post accusing Gersh of harassment.
Sherry Spencer wrote Gersh threatened to drive down the property value of a building Spencer owns in Whitefish, Montana unless she agreed to sell the building, donate the money to a local human rights organization, and publicly denounce her son. Gersh, a real estate agent in Whitefish, has maintained that Spencer asked her to act as her realtor and later changed her mind.
A day after Spencer’s post went up, the publisher of neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer published a call to arms against the Gersh family. “Jews Targeting Richard Spencer’s Mother for Harassment and Extortion — TAKE ACTION!” the website’s publisher, Andrew Anglin wrote.
“Are y’all ready for an old fashioned Troll storm?” Anglin continued . “This is very important. Calling these people up and/or sending them a quick message is very easy. It is very important that we make them feel the kind of pressure they are making us feel.”
