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Neo-Nazi group to stage second anti-immigrant rally in Riverside
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Neo-Nazi group to stage second anti-immigrant rally in Riverside
A neo-Nazi group is planning to stage a second rally against illegal immigration in Riverside. KPCC’s Steven Cuevas says counter-protesters overran the group’s rally last weekend.
The California chapter of the National Socialist Movement says it’ll hold the October 24th rally at the same place as the one last Saturday – near a Home Depot in Riverside. Fewer than a dozen neo-Nazis, several sporting shaved heads and white supremacist tattoos, showed up for Saturday’s rally.
About 200 noisy counter-protesters also showed up. A few scuffles broke out, and the neo-Nazis fled after 45 minutes. They claim police failed to provide adequate protection. But video from the demonstration shows a line of officers standing between opposing protesters.
The National Socialist Movement says only white immigrants should be allowed into the U.S., and non-white immigrants should be expelled. It claims to be the largest “pro-white national socialist group” in the country. The Anti-Defamation League estimates the National Socialist Movement has around a hundred members statewide.
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