2005/10/16

Riots in Toledo Ohio USA

About 600 Protesters riot at Ohio neo-Nazi march in the town of Toledo. One bar was burnt down. 60 were arrested. A state of emergency and a curfew were declared on Saturday. The immediate cause was:

At least two dozen members of the National Socialist Movement, which calls itself "America’s Nazi Party," had gathered at a city park to march under police protection. Organizers said they were demonstrating against black gangs they said were harassing white residents.

The fears of white people has been stoked by the Nazis when they got the black residents to riot. Thus the original fears have been confirmed.

They were mostly "gang members who had real or imagined grievances and took it as an opportunity to speak in their own way," [Mayor] Ford said.

"I was chagrined that there were obvious mothers and children in the crowd with them," he said.

The article from NBC does not mention race but other sites do. I have been unable to find what the story is from the point of view of the protestors. The stories I have seen so far are from the POV of the mayor.

Were the Nazis trying to provoke what David Brooks feared from The Storm after the Storm?

1 comment:

Douglas said...

Pat,

My response is posted as a separate article at More on Riots in Toledo Ohio USA.