Toledo makes national news

[Cincy'sMom]

Ugh! Not so proud to be a Toledian today...this didn't happen very close to where we live, but Ralph does sometimes go this way to work.

A neo-Nazi march was planned for today. It was organized because one neighbor (white) complained about another neighbor (black). From local paper articles this week, neither neighbor was invovled anymore, and the whole thing was blown out of proportion. Of course, now we have a city wide curfew, businesses ruined, people injured, and several schools have had their homecoming dances cancelled. A sad situation all the way around.

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

[lizbud]

Wow Amy, what a mess.We have those groups march here also.
They DO have to have a permit from the city for a march and they
usually have it on a weekday downtown,when most people are at work.
There are always plenty of police on hand to line the route. Sounds like
that got out of hand quickly.I'm glad you weren't anywhere near it.

[Cincy'sMom]

Edited: There was no permit applied for by the group.

The mayor and other officials had been saying all week they had plenty of police, etc. in place. Guess they were wrong.

[Lady's Human]

It sounds like there was a riot in place already waiting for a reason to happen.

The Nazi march was called off, and none of the National Socialist Movement group's 80 members who showed up to participate was arrested, White said.

Hours later, aerial video showed people vandalizing buildings and setting fire to a two-story building that apparently housed a bar, Toledo police spokeswoman Capt. Diana Ruiz-Krause told CNN.

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.

Video showed crowds at around 2:25 p.m. using bats to bring down a wooden fence as looters broke into a small grocery store.

"The crowd was very ... extremely agitated at the police ... for doing this [making arrests in] the community when they should be doing this to the Nazis," Jagodzinski said.

That makes one hell of a lot of sense.....looting to protest a march? I don't care who they are, throwing rocks, eggs and bottles at marchers only does one thing, gain publicity and sympathy for the marchers. Ignore the Nazis and they will go away. Provoke them and the movement grows.

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.

In other words, whatever chance the Neo Nazis had for a peaceful march were sabotaged by other groups. Looking at the One People's project webpage, they're no better than the Neo Nazis. They are just as provocative, if not more so, as an example calling the Minuteman project "the minuteKlan".(funny, I thought stepping up border security was a good thing)

I'm not Pro neo Nazi by any means, but like any other group with a message, they have the right to speak.

[Cincy'sMom]

I'm not Pro neo Nazi by any means, but like any other group with a message, they have the right to speak.

I totally agree. Unfortunately, by planning the march, the nazi group set things in motion for there to be trouble. They may not have directly caused the riots, but in most cities, and espically in that neighborhood in Toledo, the "gangs" weren't going to ignore the Nazis, despite the fact they had been told all week, that would be the best thing to do.

[jackie]

I wonder how much it cost to have all those extra police patrolling and then cleaning the streets afterwards?