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April 23, 2018

Georgia: Police Arrest 10 Anti-Fascist Protesters as Neo-Nazis Rally
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In Georgia, hundreds of militarized police officers patrolled a small
rally of neo-Nazis in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan on Saturday,
arresting members of an anti-fascist counterprotest after they refused
an order to remove their masks.

Police officer: "State law requires you to remove your masks right now!
You will do it right now, or you will be arrested!"

When some of the Antifa protesters refused, police moved in, brandishing
semiautomatic assault rifles and pointing them at the heads of unarmed
demonstrators. Ten people were arrested. The police were enforcing laws
drafted years ago to combat the Ku Klux Klan. After the protest, the
neo-Nazis gathered in a field and made fascist salutes as they burned
large wooden swastikas.


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