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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:36 PM Jul 2016

‘White Lives Matter’ rally in New York descends into chaos as protesters brawl with neo-Nazi

A brawl erupted during a “White Lives Matter” rally Saturday afternoon in South Buffalo, New York. The neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement had called for the rally in Cazenovia Park. But, according to Buffalo News, only one neo-Nazi official showed up, white supremacist Karl Hand of Lockport, along with a handful of other supporters.

“I didn’t organize it. I was just invited to speak,” Hand, who is the chief of the Racial Nationalist Party of America, told WBFO. He plans to run for a Senate seat in New York.

More than 300 activists converged on the event to hold a counter-protest, vastly outnumbering the tiny number of White Lives Matter supporters. Video of the event showed one woman telling Hand that “nobody is going to take your sh*t in this day and age, you are sick people… the rest of the United States is going to trample you out.”

“I came to hear what (Hand) had to say. Obviously I won’t be able to do that,” Anthony Chaman complained to Syracuse.com. He added that he supports white separation but insisted he isn’t a “racist.” Buffalo Police had dozens of officers on the scene, but a fight still broke out between a man wearing a green “White Pride” t-shirt and some of the counter-protesters. His t-shirt ended up being ripped off in the scuffle.





http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/watch-white-lives-matter-rally-in-new-york-descends-into-chaos-as-protesters-brawl-with-neo-nazi/
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‘White Lives Matter’ rally in New York descends into chaos as protesters brawl with neo-Nazi (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2016 OP
"he supports white separation but insists he isnt racist!" JaneyVee Jul 2016 #1
It's like COPS - the shirts instantly come off underpants Jul 2016 #2
Paraphrasing Bob Marley; Chase those crazy Nazis outta the town! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #3
I HATE Buffalo nazis! johnp3907 Jul 2016 #4
. Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #5
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
3. Paraphrasing Bob Marley; Chase those crazy Nazis outta the town!
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:53 PM
Jul 2016

In 1993, I was part of a group that chased the Nazis from MY town, Auburn, NY, when they attempted a meeting on the steps of our City Hall.

2 years before that, I confronted Matt Hale on the street in Pekin Il for his racism (still have the scar on my knee when I was pushed to the ground by his thug).

My Dad fought the Nazis in WW2. I will carry on that tradition, always!

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