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Protest of Nazi march turns violent; 6 charged
Associated Press
Published October 16, 2005
TOLEDO, Ohio - A crowd that gathered to protest a white supremacists' march Saturday turned violent, throwing baseball-sized rocks at police, vandalizing vehicles and stores, and setting fire to a neighborhood bar, authorities said.
The march was called off just before it was to begin at noon, and the mayor and a local minister tried to negotiate with the rioters. But their efforts produced little response, and police prepared to forcibly remove a crowd of several hundred mid afternoon.
"This has a real potential for a lot of bloodshed," police Chief Mike Navarre told a group of officers.
Police in helicopters, cruisers, bicycles and on horses chased bands of youths throughout the afternoon. At least six people were arrested.
At least two dozen members of the National Socialist Movement, which calls itself "America's Nazi Party," gathered at a city park just before noon and were to march under police protection. Organizers of the march said they were demonstrating against black gangs that they said were harassing white residents in the neighborhood.
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