Neo-Nazi Group Outnumbered By Counter-Protestors In Olympia

By KOMO Staff & News Services

Summary

A group of neo-Nazis that gathered Sunday at the State Capitol was met by more than 100 protestors who moved a planned rally to counter the demonstration.

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Story Published: Apr 2, 2006 at 4:53 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 1:15 AM PST

OLYMPIA - A small group of neo-Nazis that gathered at the Capitol Sunday afternoon was outnumbered nearly tenfold by counter-demonstrators.

Fewer than 10 members of the National Socialist Movement stood on the Capitol steps waving swastika flags. They had been scheduled to demonstrate at Sylvester Park downtown.

The group was met by more than 100 protestors who had moved a planned rally at Heritage Park to counter the demonstration. Counter-protestors chanted "out of Olympia" over the Neo-Nazi group's loudspeaker.

The two groups exchanged some angry banter for about half an hour, then the neo-Nazi group was escorted off the Capitol Campus, said Sgt. John Sager of the Washington State Patrol. There were no direct physical confrontations reported.

There were no injuries or arrests.