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Group of Nazis march around campus
En route to immigration protest, white supremacists arrive at MU
Jenna Sauber, Senior Staff Writer
Issue date: 4/14/06 Section: Front Page
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The 10 members of the white supremacist group carried signs and flags and wore swastika armbands as part of their efforts to protest a pro-immigration forum held by the American Civil Liberties Union at the Hamilton campus. When they ended up at the wrong address, the group decided to march around Oxford's campus instead.
"We are here for white America," said Corporal Gary Robinson, a picketer who carried a flag that incorporated a logo of NSM88, the largest modern Nazi party in the country, into an American flag. "We want white people to grow some spine."
Another picketer explained that the group usually wears brown shirt uniforms but that night they chose plain clothes so they could infiltrate the immigration forum.
"We're very patriotic, very American, we're grassroots activism," the picketer said. "We believe in the Constitution as it was originally written."
When asked what specific parts of the Constitution he was referring to, he replied that it was "too much" and he wouldn't answer.
As Miami students honked their horns or called out to the picketers, the group called back with slurs in German and shouts of "White power!"
The demonstrators talked about how ethnic groups are encouraged to be proud of their heritage and they believe it is unfair that whites are not allowed to do so.
"When we do it, we are called haters and people even physically assault us," said a picketer by name of Austin.
Robinson said non-whites in America are creating a massive detriment to the economy and society of the country.
"We saw the despair in how society was torn apart by immigrants and blacks in this country," he said. "We plan to make white Americans aware of their rights, to tell them to grow some spine."
Robinson also said NSM88 plans to run several candidates in the 2008 presidential election.
After marching north on Campus Avenue, east on High Street and south on Patterson Avenue, Miami University and Oxford police, who were patrolling the streets, told the picketers they had to leave.
