A riot has erupted in Toledo, Ohio, between police and those who had been protesting a Neo-Nazi demonstration in their neighborhood. The police had
moved in to halt the demonstration when the protesters began attacking the police. Fox News reports that there were only about a dozen Neo-Nazis
present and the demonstration never actually took place. The riot began when some 100 "Anti-Neo-Nazis" began throwing rocks and eggs. Considerable
property damage has been reported.
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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The actual news story is not what one would have expected upon hearing the first reports. In this instance, it was those who occupy the high moral
ground who began the violence and out-numbered the Neo-Nazis some 10 to 1 or more. More will be added to this submission as it becomes available.
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[edit on 2005/10/15 by GradyPhilpott]