Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Neo-Nazi Demonstration Turns into Riot

(From ATS Forum) This is a couple days old:

www.cnn.com

A neo-Nazi group's scheduled march against "black crime" in North Toledo, Ohio, sparked rioting Saturday afternoon.

Police and SWAT teams moved in, and several people were arrested. Toledo Mayor Jack Ford blamed "gang members" for the violence.

The march was called off, and none of the National Socialist Movement group's 80 members who showed up to participate was arrested, according to Bill White, a spokesman for the group.

Toledo police could not provide CNN with any information on the rioting.

White's group promotes itself as America's Nazi Party and said that it was protesting black gangs, which it claimed were harassing white residents.

The group said it had received support from Toledo's white citizens and community activists.

White blamed the riot on Toledo police, saying they intentionally changed the group's march route to make it collide with a counter-demonstration.

About 20 members from both the International Socialists Organization and One People's Project showed up, and some handed eggs to African-American residents to throw at the Nazi marchers, White said.

Most of the violence happened when residents, who had pelted the Nazi marchers with bottles and rocks, took out their anger on police, said Brian Jagodzinski, chief news photographer for CNN affiliate WTVG.
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