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–Three Americans are spending a month in jail for violating Sweden’s hate laws by shouting Nazi slogans at a rock concert.
“I’ve never hurt a Jew in my life, but now I’m in prison for what the Nazis did in the Holocaust,” Shawn Sugg, 30, of Otter Lake, Mich., said at Kronoberg Remand Prison.
The Michigan-based group Max Resist appeared at a Jan. 3 concert, performing for free, with local sponsors reimbursing travel expenses, guitarist Andrew Miokovic said.
Police arrested about two dozen fans and band members after some began shouting the Nazi salute “Sieg Heil!” Convicted with Sugg were Miokovic, 21, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Danielle Reda, 26, of Royal Oak, Mich.; and Eric Dobbs, 23, a Swedish fan living in San Diego.
