Violence Erupts At Orlando Neo-Nazi Rally
It's ironic the news media that wouldn't show or publish the Mohammed cartoon, because it might incite violence, had no problem hyping the march for days on end.
As predicted with stunning accuracy on my show Friday.
Local 6 is reporting...
Fist-fights broke out and police made a handful of arrests at a neo-Nazi rally Saturday before a march through a predominantly black neighborhood.
Police hauled away at least five people in handcuffs after a fight between supporters of the National Socialist Movement and counter-demonstrators who were voicing their displeasure with the group's anti-minority message.
It was not immediately clear to which groups those arrested belonged.
More than 300 law enforcement officers were on the scene. Some officers patrolled with K-9 units and on horses, while police helicopters circled above the march route.
Here is the Sentinel's version of the mayhem...
Fights break out at Orlando neo-Nazi rally
Police arrest more than a dozen people
I'm holding City Officials responsible for doing nothing to prevent these clowns from marching. This is a public safety issue! I'm holding State Sen. Gary Siplin personally responsible for seeing to it that this situation escalated to violence. More Monday morning!
posted by Pat Campbell @ 4:04 PM
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The Nazi turn out was low because they heard the NIM Busters were going to show up and confront them
The Nazis should thank the OPD -- without them they would have been lynched today.
Prevent the clowns from marching? Pat, you're wrong on that, sorry. While I find the NeoNazi group odious, in a free society they could not be prevented from their march.
"First they came for the neoNazis, but I was not a neoNazi so I did not complain..."
Ed I'm going to forgive your ignorance on the 1st Amendment, after all you're Canadian.
The First Amendment is not and has never been absolute. Public safety trumps free speech(i.e. I can't yell fire in a crowded theater). Both of these groups(Nazis and the Anarchists) have a track record of causing trouble. There are all sorts of creative tactics we can use legally to keep trash like this out of our community, including ordinances to limit where and when they protest.
The bottom line is the city didn't even try to keep these idiots out. Under the 1st amendment you can say what you want but there is no guarantee of an audience or police protection. I'd like the city to go after these "outsiders" to recoup the cost of protecting these idiots!
Pat, these demonstrators making fools of themselves is a far cry from yelling Fire in a theatre. If the city had tried to prevent them from holding their demonstration simply because other people not involved in the demonstration wouldn't like what they had to say, then the city would have had a lawsuit on their hands which they would have certainly lost.
The city can insist that demonstrators have sufficient insurance for security purposes (most if not all cities in North America do this), but that's about as far as they can go.
If such a demonstration is banned on public safety grounds, then I fail to see how any demonstration of any sort can be held.
By the way Pat, by implying that a riot was the inevitable result of these clowns holding their demonstration, you are suggesting that you actually agree with their thesis.
i agree that they should be able to meet, march, and speak out about whatever and however they want. but not at the expense of those that they are protesting. according to the article, the city spent tens of thousands of dollars to protect the nazis (and they did a terrific job of that). those tens of thousands came out of the pockets of the black "criminals" of parramore that had to stand idly by while hate-mongering neo-nazis spouted racist garbage, marching outside their homes.
now again, i agree that the nazis had the right to march and express their views. but so did the anti-nazi protesters. we have views that should also be allowed in public forum, but the police worked hard to silence any kind of retaliation. they even closed off the anti-nazi march at one point, stopping those of us who actually had consciences from continuing. it was a sad sight, really. nazis have more freedom in Orlando than the black (and white, asian, middle-eastern, Jewish, Christian, etc.) citizens who watch them march by.
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