Posted on 10/15/2005 3:25:34 PM PDT by Brilliant
"Keith White, a black resident, criticized city officials for initially allowing the march..."
He needs to register his complaint with the ACLU and the federal courts. They are the ones who say that Nazis have a Constitutional right to conduct these marches.
"They are the ones who say that Nazis have a Constitutional right to conduct these marches."
Actually, I think it's the 1st Amendment, not the ACLU. I don't like it either but it's legal.
The Nazis were only an excuse for the looting and violence, period. Most of the gang members probably don't even know what a Nazi is/was. No one likes what the Nazis say, but like Louis Farakkhan, they have a right to free speech even if they are idiots.
Y'all can speak so forthrightly against the National Socialist German Workers' party but get all mealy mouthed about the American socialist party and their democrat useful fools. Hate socialists of any stripe!
Everyone knows that this can happen in almost any inner-city Black neighborhood in America.
All that is needed is an excuse to gather.
Black leaders here complain that businesses will not build in Black neighborhoods, not even grocery stores. I wonder why?
WTOL-Toledo reports: "The Nazi marchers got in their cars and left, while the counter-protesters took over several city streets, growing more and more irate. Mayor Jack Ford says he went into the crowd with several city leaders to try to diffuse the situation. In a late-afternoon news conference, Ford said he was confronted in that crowd by gang members who had what he called 'long-standing grievances.'"
Long after the "at least two dozen" nazis left town, video shows a store being vandalized, an apartment being broken into, a parked NBC newsvan being vandalized, and (dead-serious) a paramedic vehicle being barraged by bricks and rocks thrown by rioters. Can't think of a better way to respond to bunch of idiots who (ironically enough) were marching against........BLACK CRIME!
I hate Nazis. Scum of the Earth is what they are. If they marched in my neighborhood I'd throw whatever I could at 'em myself.
Likely. That's the saddest part of this story. Since their rep is already rock bottom, and it can't possibly get any worse, this is just good publicity for them. Get a few new moron recruits to shave their heads, wear swastikas and yell 'heil' while engaging in a small basement Nazi party circle-jerk.
A, O, OH, WAY TO GO OHIO! (left wing organizations takes pride in Toldeo riot)
Vigilantism is no answer. I have no use for Louis Farrakhan's racist hate filled rantings either. He incites some followers to violence.
Weren't the DC sniper duo followers?
Radio news has Toledo under curfew now.
A sad glimpse of life in America, New Orleans style.
It looks to me that the black gangs made the point for the Nazi's. Next time they might want to formally invite the gangs along to demonstrate the kinds of behavior the Nazi's claim is the trademark of the black community.
Keith White, a black resident, criticized city officials for initially allowing the march.
"They let them come here and expect this not to happen?" said White, 29
YEA how dare they allow free speech and expect people to be able to voice disdain without ripping off somebodys tv
"Sounds like gangs are a bigger problem"
ya think? Maybe
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