Stand Your Ground
25th March 2011, 00:22
CALGARY - Despite much braying about a resurgent neo-Nazi movement in Calgary, only about a dozen white supremacists arrived downtown to spout their brand of racial disaffection during their annual rally Saturday.
To prevent the so-called Blood and Honour crew from taking their message to the steps of city hall, about 200 anti-racism protesters formed a line at a downtown intersection. Fearing violent clashes that had broken out between the groups in the past, about 100 police officers formed a block-wide cordon between them and the white supremacists.
But the only thing that crossed the police line were insults, chants and taunts as the supremacists walked along 6th Avenue, their movements paralleled by the demonstrators on 7th Avenue.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/White+supremacists+anti+racism+activists+square+Ca lgary/4472391/story.html#ixzz1HYvBF3ae
To prevent the so-called Blood and Honour crew from taking their message to the steps of city hall, about 200 anti-racism protesters formed a line at a downtown intersection. Fearing violent clashes that had broken out between the groups in the past, about 100 police officers formed a block-wide cordon between them and the white supremacists.
But the only thing that crossed the police line were insults, chants and taunts as the supremacists walked along 6th Avenue, their movements paralleled by the demonstrators on 7th Avenue.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/White+supremacists+anti+racism+activists+square+Ca lgary/4472391/story.html#ixzz1HYvBF3ae