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April 18, 2010 | 9:12 pm

White supremacists get beat down at downtown protest

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg


 

Can’t say I’m surprised or feel any sympathy:

Two neo-Nazis were beaten and others pelted with eggs, rocks and bottles, as African-American, Latino, Jewish and immigrant-right groups joined in countering a rally by some 40 members of the National Socialist Movement in front of Los Angles City Hall.

The Detroit-based Nazi group had received a permit for the Saturday demonstration and was protected by police, which called a tactical alert as the confrontation heated up.

Wearing swastikas and shouting “Sieg Heil,” the demonstrators aimed their slogans and placards mainly against illegal immigrants, though interspersed with racist and anti-Semitic outbursts.

Even so, their aims weren’t always clear. One of the beaten demonstrators carried a sign reading “Christianity=Paganism=Heathen$” with an arrow pointing to a swastika. He and the other beaten man were treated and released.

An estimated 500 counter-demonstrators arrived from all over the region and pursued the neo-Nazis as they retreated toward the parking lot where they had parked their cars.

Like at their anti-immigration rally in Riverside in October (pictured), the neo-Nazis were grossly outnumbered by counterprotesters—a reminder that free speech works, even when it does afford hatemongers a public platform.

The LA Times has a bit more here.

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