U.S. - Planned neo-Nazi march sparks violence

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Planned neo-Nazi march sparks violence

Dozens

of arrests expected; mayor blames gang members

Saturday, October 15, 2005;

Posted: 10:20 p.m. EDT (02:20 GMT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Police and SWAT teams moved in, and about two dozen rioters

were arrested, Toledo Police Chief Michael Navarre said. He said he expected 30

to 40 arrests by the end of the day.

Toledo Mayor Jack Ford declared a state of emergency and

asked for 50 highway patrol officers to reinforce Toledo police. A curfew came into effect at 8 p.m. for people " roaming around the streets, " he said.(Watch

neo-Nazi protests turn violent)

He also blamed gang members for the violence, saying it turned into " exactly what

they wanted, " referring to the Nazi group. Ford said he had appealed to

the community Friday night to ignore the Nazi march.

It's not clear why the National Socialist Movement chose north Toledo for its march, said

Ford, himself African-American. " It is not a neighborhood where you have a

lot of friction in the first place, " he said.

The NSM 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.

A spokesman for the group, Bill White, blamed the riot on Toledo police, saying the

police 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.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/15/nazi.march/index.html

 

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