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03-22-2009, 12:09 AM
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| Protest turns violent as Calgary Aryan Guard, anti-racism activists square off
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CALGARY - Downtown police called in reinforcements from nearby districts Saturday when a white pride march through Calgary’s core deteriorated into a violent melee as counter-protesters lobbed rocks and tin cans at the group.
The neo-Nazi demonstration drew swift condemnation from a downtown alderman who called the Aryan Guard rally a “completely unacceptable” move by a divisive fringe organization.
“It’s a provocative move by the Aryan Guard to try to engage in a completely unacceptable form of demonstration given the fact that Calgary does not share the values of hate and racism that they’re espousing,” Ald. John Mar said.
Authorities said Saturday’s fracas showed troubling signs of escalating violence between the white supremacists and anti-racist activists.
Onlookers gaped as the confrontation between the two parties brought downtown traffic to a standstill.
Several fist fights broke out and at least two people were treated for head injuries after being hit by the projectiles, although the injuries weren’t serious.
The Aryan Guard march drew heated emotion from activists troubled by the signs of intolerance.
“I think it’s extremely important, any organization that tries to promote hatred, tries to promote a violent ideology . . . they must be opposed,” said Jason Devine of Anti-Racist Action Calgary, a group that spearheaded the counter-protest against the marchers.
More than 400 anti-racist protesters confronted about 60 Aryan Guard.
The Aryan Guard waved white-pride flags and chanted slogans as they zigzagged through the inner city. Their path was blocked at several turns by the raucous anti-racist activists.
At first, 56 downtown police officers tried to control the rowdy throng; an additional 30 on-duty members were later called in for reinforcement. Authorities broke up several fights between the two sides along the way and often formed a human barricade to keep the groups apart.
The level of violence at the protest was troubling, said Calgary Police Service Insp. Rob Williams.
It’s the second year in a row that the two sides have clashed on March 21 — a date recognized as both a white pride world wide day and as a celebration for the elimination of racism.
However, the violence was ramped up at this year’s confrontation.
The protest ended only when the Aryan Guard demonstrators — encircled by jubilant anti-racists held back by police — were ushered onto a city bus and shuttled out of the core to their own transportation.
Aryan Guard member Kyle McKee said the group wanted to “celebrate white pride” during the event. The march, which attracted followers from outside of Alberta, gave the organization exposure, he said.
“We didn’t make it to City Hall, but I think a lot of people will hear about it, and on that part it’s a success.”
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03-22-2009, 12:25 AM
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03-22-2009, 01:32 AM
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03-22-2009, 01:53 AM
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03-22-2009, 01:54 AM
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03-22-2009, 02:01 AM
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#6 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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03-22-2009, 02:35 AM
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03-22-2009, 12:42 PM
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#8 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Scary shit that people like this are allowed to congregate at all in this country. As much as I hate to get on the "why do cops go after street racers when shit like this is happening" bandwagon, I now see the appeal.
That Stormfront website in the link is full of loony-toons, holy cow.
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03-22-2009, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Black SC2 Scary shit that people like this are allowed to congregate at all in this country. As much as I hate to get on the "why do cops go after street racers when shit like this is happening" bandwagon, I now see the appeal.
That Stormfront website in the link is full of loony-toons, holy cow. | There was a great thread in there about one guy's mom was getting married to a chinese guy ('Don't worry, she's too old to have kids'), and wanted to know how to talk to her and get her to understand how pissed he was gonna be if she did it.
Then it turned in to this giant argument; some people saying "it's ok to not hate asians, it's the blacks and spics we have to hate!", and other saying "fuck that, any non-whites!".
I was highly amused. They can't even figure out who to be racist against.
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03-22-2009, 06:30 PM
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interesting to see that the protesters against the rally are also white people. I was expecting minorities.
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03-22-2009, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by matrixfwd interesting to see that the protesters against the rally are also white people. I was expecting minorities. | It'd be pretty ineffective if it was minorities. White people telling them that they're douchebags and don't speak for white people? Well, it's ineffective too, because these nazi's are functionally retarded, but it's gotta sting at least a little bit.
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03-22-2009, 06:59 PM
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03-22-2009, 07:20 PM
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#13 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by Graeme S There was a great thread in there about one guy's mom was getting married to a chinese guy ('Don't worry, she's too old to have kids'), and wanted to know how to talk to her and get her to understand how pissed he was gonna be if she did it.
Then it turned in to this giant argument; some people saying "it's ok to not hate asians, it's the blacks and spics we have to hate!", and other saying "fuck that, any non-whites!".
I was highly amused. They can't even figure out who to be racist against. | Lol, I read that thread as well. The threads on that site are amusing.
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03-22-2009, 07:22 PM
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#14 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by matrixfwd interesting to see that the protesters against the rally are also white people. I was expecting minorities. | Most of them are part of a anti-fascists group called "antifa". The group has very violent members as well who beat up fascists in Europe.
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03-22-2009, 07:27 PM
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03-22-2009, 07:37 PM
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I also find it interesting that many of the AG members are masked. As if they don't believe in what they're doing enough to publicly part of it.
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03-22-2009, 08:02 PM
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03-22-2009, 08:09 PM
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why the hell isnt this shit illegal?
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03-22-2009, 08:23 PM
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#19 | | The sound of inevitability
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Originally Posted by Synaptik why the hell isnt this shit illegal? | Because everyone deserves the right to show the world that they're a cock eating douche bag.
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03-22-2009, 08:56 PM
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#20 | | I don't get it
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03-22-2009, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Black SC2 I also find it interesting that many of the AG members are masked. As if they don't believe in what they're doing enough to publicly part of it. | They justify it in their own minds that their employers/family/whoever they are hiding from are just mindless Zog programmed sheep. So while they realize there could be consequences for being associated with the AG, they are able to rationalize it as being not a failing on their own part but on the part of everyone else.
The fact that they are in the AG shows that they're not exactly playing with a full deck, so they cheat along the way to make their world view coherent, at least in their own minds.
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03-22-2009, 09:01 PM
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03-22-2009, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SolidPenguin = | Canon Digital, the choice of the Aryan nation!
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03-22-2009, 09:47 PM
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#24 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by Matsuda Canon Digital, the choice of the Aryan nation! | That's a anti-racism activist holding the cam.
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03-23-2009, 10:28 AM
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