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Police arrest man who allegedly posted pro-Nazi flyers Justin Marbury Wednesday Jan 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM Jan 25, 2017 at 5:37 PM Local report Ashland police arrested a 28-year-old Medford man Tuesday for allegedly posting pro-Nazi flyers around Ashland late Sunday or early Monday morning. Justin Anthony Marbury was arrested on five counts of criminal mischief, according to a news release from Ashland police. Marbury was not listed in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday, and no information on further proceedings had been updated in court records. Ashland police received several complaints of pro-Nazi flyers being left around downtown Ashland and released a photograph Monday of a man wearing a mask over the lower part of his face. The flyers promoted white supremacy and the Nazi party. One flyer said, "We will secure the existence of our people and a future for white children," along with "Cascadian Nationalist Resistance" and a Twitter handle. Another flyer read, "A storm is coming," accompanied by two swastikas and a silhouette of a person wearing a helmet worn by Nazis in WWII. Police said Marbury's arrest did not stem from the content of the signs, but for defacing property. "However, the police department also recognizes that the particularly incendiary nature of the flyers made this situation more alarming and concerning to the department and to members of the community than a more innocuous flyer would have," the press release said. "While hate speech is protected under the United States and Oregon constitution, the Ashland Police Department will do everything it can to ensure all members of the community feel as safe as possible from perceived threats to their safety." In a separate statement posted on Facebook by police Chief Tighe O'Meara, he wrote: "...Given the nature of the situation, and the atmosphere we find ourselves in as a community, both locally and nationally, I think we are especially mandated to try to look it and do everything that we can to ensure our entire community feels as safe as possible."