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Neo-Nazi’s march in Phoenix, riot breaks out (Video)

by David-Phillips | November 15, 2010 at 02:23 pm

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This past Saturday in Phoenix AZ, white supremacist members of the Neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement protested in front of the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Court Building and a riot broke out.

Counter protesters showed up along with 100 police officers in riot gear.

According to the local ABC affiliate (watch video on left) the Nazi’s had a permit to hold their protest rally while the anti-Nazi protesters did not. Soon violence broke out and the anti-Nazi protesters were throwing rocks at the Nazi’s as well as the police, and the police responded with tear gas and pepper spray.

Two arrests were made for throwing rocks at police officers according to Sgt. Tommy Thompson with the Phoenix Police Department and charged with aggravated assault.

The Neo-Nazi’s were there to protest the Federal Governments hold on Arizona’s controversial and unconstitutional anti-immigration Bill SB 1070.

From Thinkprogress.org

It’s not surprising that SB-1070 has attracted extremism. The lawyers who are credited with authoring it are employed by an organization that has reportedly accepted $1.2 million in donations from the Pioneer Fund, “a foundation established to promote the genes of white colonials.” The law’s sponsor, state Rep. Russell Pearce (R-AZ), has faced criticism in the past for cozying up to local neo-Nazis. He even endorsed one of “Arizona’s leading neo-Nazis,” J.T. Ready, when the he ran for City Council in the spring of 2006.

Meanwhile, a recent poll revealed that many Arizonans think the immigration debate has “exposed a deeper sense of racism in our community.”

White supremacist organizations across the country have seen their ranks swell as Fox News and its echo chambers have fanned the flames of racism with their xenophobic rants and rhetoric against African Americans, Mexicans and Muslims since Barack Obama was elected President according to a study by the Department of Homeland Security that was coordinated by the FBI.

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Karen Hatter

at 20:34 on November 15th, 2010

Also at NowPublic:

What's Next in Arizona? Efforts to Repeal 14th Amendment Rights

This is a link to the George W. Bush administration commissioned Homeland Security report on Right Wing extremism, finalized and released in April 2009.

David-Phillips

at 00:07 on November 16th, 2010

I think I have the same link in my article.

If we thought Arizona was going extreme the last several months, its going to get worse there. I believe their State legislature has republican majorities in their State Assembly and Senate and they have that newly minted nut job Jan Brewer running things.

I posted this article on my DailyKos page and some videos were left in the comment section, one of them shows a police office hugging one of the Nazi members, looked like they were friends.

They have white supremacist backed politicians in their legislature, Brewer is bought and paid for by the private prison corporation, Corrections Corporations of America who as we know pushed SB 1070 so they could fill prison beds with illegal immigrants.

Arizona is the new haven for right wing extremists.

And many politicians here in Nevada want to emulate their extremism.

Fascism, hate and ignorance is taking over Arizona and in the places that Sarah Palin like to say "real Americans" live.

There have always been hate groups, but they are now getting bigger and louder then ever before.

As you mentioned Arizona wants to amend the 14th amendment and take away one of the core values and uniqueness of our country. They don't have enough people in Washington to propose such an amendment today, but someday they might if we continue down this Reich wing road that many in our country want to take us on.

Karen Hatter

at 19:11 on November 16th, 2010

David, I don't know whether Arizona is a new haven but it sure may be a new test case for the evolving expressions of intolerance from the Right Wing, which have been vying for and, seemingly, succeeding in, taking over the Republican Party.

The 'dialog' and forces behind the anti immigration movement, both legal AND illegal, has been spearheaded by organizations founded, affiliated or funded by FAIR founder John Tanton, with FAIR's questionable ties to various racially intolerant groups landing the organization on a hate group list.

One of FAIR's attorneys helped Russell Pearce write the Show Me Your Papers bill that was signed into law in July 2010 by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in Arizona.