Neo-Nazi Group Outnumbered By Counter-Protestors In Olympia

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.