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Sheriff Chitwood’s challenges escalated when the Goam Defense League (GDL), an anti-Semitic group consisting of neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists, began targeting his jurisdiction. This group, leveraging 4chan and other platforms for recruitment, sought to disrupt local communities by spreading hateful rhetoric and making threats — including heinous proclamations during events such as the Daytona 500 NASCAR race. Chitwood's prompt condemnation of the GDL led to a barrage of death threats against him, including one particular post that allegedly suggested someone “put a bullet in the back of [his] head.”