White supremacists gathering in Southern California chose the City of Los Angeles for an anti-immigration rally. A face-off with counter-protesters resulted in rock-throwing and assaults on members of the National Socialist Movement.
Police stood between the white-supremacists and the counter-demonstrators on Saturday, April 17, 2010 as the two groups faced each other on the south lawn of the Los Angeles City Hall. According to USA Today, the 50 members of the National Socialist Movement were met by hundreds of people that tried to shout them down.
Many of the white-supremacists wore flack jackets and black military fatigue uniforms. They shouted "Seig Heil" as their speakers took the podium, taunting the counter-protesters with racial, anti-Semitic and misogynistic epithets while waving American flags and swastika banners. One speaker told the counter-protesters that they ready to meet them head on.
The Detroit-based group chose Los Angeles because of its large immigrant population. They maintain that some of the immigrants take jobs away from Americans and also commit crimes. Members said the reason for demonstration was because there have been street marches across the United States that encouraged legislation to enact reform that includes amnesty for some illegal immigrants. The organization plans to back political candidates who agree with their stand.'
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