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Local Tattoo Shop Targeted By Vandals After Racial Allegations

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 "Life has shown me that I can easily become a victim of my own bad choices, my own swollen, unchecked ego," proclaims Brian Brenner in a heartfelt video from his tattoo shop's YouTube channel from 2016. It appears this self inflicted victimization occurred again in June of this year when his shop, Truth and Triumph Tattoo, was exposed by this page for employing known white supremacists, displaying Nazi slogan tattoos on their business site, and directing racial slurs at his own employees. The shop's logo, which closely resembles the runic style bolts used by Hitler's SS during the Third Reich, was quickly removed from their social media pages and replaced by a generic logo. His most loyal employees took to social media to defend Brenner against the allegations. A veteran artist at the shop posted a comment in response to the reporting stating, "the story about the 'N.' Yeah, I wish there was a video of that meeting where Brian was heaping praise on t
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Concerning Truth and Triumph Tattoo

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Truth and Triumph Tattoo in Dayton, Ohio has a troubling reputation for harboring white supremacists and engaging in discriminatory behavior against their own employees. The owner has a history of using racial slurs and making derogatory statements about minorities. At a company party several years ago, the owner told an African American employee that he was “the only n****r that ever worked for him,” and continued to use several racial slurs throughout the evening. The shop has a track record of employing known white supremacists. The screen grab below shows a Jim Crow era "Colored People Entrance" sign that was on display at the Truth and Triumph shop several years ago.  The next screenshot below shows the Jim Crow era sign in a larger context with a rebel flag clearly visible. This artist no longer works for the company, but his racism was tolerated at Truth and Triumph as clearly shown through these images. This artist now works at the Black Skull Collective tattoo parlor
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