Masked neo-Nazis had a surprise march through DC, MPD says masks were legal

[58Sunliner]

2. Call them and complain, of course the masks are meant to intimidate. Filthy pigs.

And protect the snowflakes identities.
The District Code states, "no person or persons over 16 years of age, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, shall… Hold any manner of meeting or demonstration."

But in a phone interview Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Alaina Gertz said masked marching only becomes illegal if there is a clear and imminent threat of harm or intimidation.

"The next part of the statute is key, where it says masked protesting is illegal only if there is 'the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of equal protection of the law or of equal privileges and immunities under the law,'" Gertz said. "The interpretation of what constitutes threats or intimidation is where we start to get into a grey area."

Police and bystanders surrounded the parking lot entrance, until the masked individuals returned to their vehicles and drove away.

Officers on bikes and vehicles also accompanied the Patriot Front protesters along their route, creating a buffer zone between the neo-Nazis and counter-protesters.

According to Patriot Front’s website and the SPLC, Thomas Rousseau founded the hate group, when he was 17, just 18 days after Charlottesville, as he was dissatisfied that the clash’s results did not effectively spark wide-spread racial conflict.

The group openly calls for the formation of a white American state in language spread throughout its online manifesto.

"The state has long since ceased to advocate for the interests of the descendants of its creators, and thus a State which will be, above all else, a reflection of the national interest must be implemented fully and absolutely," the manifesto says.


Patriot Front also advocates the exclusion of all people of color from American life.

"An African, for example, may have lived, worked, and even been classed as a citizen in America for centuries, yet he is not American," the manifesto reads. "The same rule applies to others who are not of the founding stock of our people as well as to those who do not share the common unconscious that permeates throughout our greater civilization, and the European diaspora."