Court documents: Nazi says he vandalized synagogue in hopes of recruiting more racist extremists

A suspected vandal and self-identifying Nazi admitted to defacing a synagogue and Holocaust Memorial in Spokane this month because Nazi recruitment has been down and he needed the publicity, according to court documents.

The head of security at the Spokane Temple Beth Shalom synagogue on East 30th Avenue for 20 years told police he immediately recognized the vandal as 44-year-old Raymond “Ray” Bryant.

When reviewing security footage, he saw the vandal spray paint swastikas on the temple and deface a Holocaust Memorial there – all of which cost $2,000 to remove, according to court documents.

Before the man spray painted one security camera with red paint, he looked directly

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