Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Nazis kicked out of Toledo

Nazis kicked out of Toledo:
"By George Windau and Michael-Franklin Green
Published Oct 18, 2005 11:44 PM

On Oct. 9, local anarchists, trade unionists and socialists in Toledo, Ohio, quickly put together an effective anti-Nazi united front to confront a march and rally set by the so-called National Socialist Movement for six days later. The NSM, a Nazi party, claimed it was coming to Toledo to show white people how to fight gang violence in an integrated yet predominantly Black north Toledo neighborhood.

The whole episode with the NSM Nazis revolved around a neighborhood dispute between Thomas Szych, who is white, and his Black neighbors. In early August, Szych waved a loaded gun at some children who were taking garbage out to the street. In response, two African-American police officers confiscated Szych's gun--but the local prosecutor did not file any criminal charges, not even a misdemeanor.

Szych called the two police officers 'gorillas with guns.' He promptly went to the local news media to get attention for his demand to have his gun returned."

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