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The Northerner

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Thu May 24, 2012, 12:57 PM May 2012

'Mob Attack' Aftermath: Fundraising Emerges for Both Sides

Radical solidarity, usually measured in bodies, bombs and bombast, is now being measured in dollars.

Donation pages have been established for people on both sides of a blitzkrieg inside the Ashford House Restaurant on Saturday.

Five Indiana men, along with 13 companions, connected with the Anti-Racist Action (ARA) movement are accused of targeting and beating an unsuspecting group of white nationalists. What supposedly began as the first meeting of the European Heritage Association (EHA)—which looks to provide resources for small business owners of their kind—ended in mob violence.

One page hoping to garner $250,000 for bail, “adequate legal representation” and the care of their families of the men arrested has reached $850 in a couple days.


Read more: http://oaklawn.patch.com/articles/mob-attack-aftermath-fundraising-emerges-for-both-sides
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