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Duluth white supremacists pelted with snowballs

Article by: Associated Press
Updated: March 3, 2012 - 10:21 PM

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Robert Hester, left, of the Supreme White Alliance faces Rosemary Fister of Minneapolis, Tyler Nord of Duluth, and American Indian activist Clyde Bellecourt during a rally at the Civic Center Plaza, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Duluth, Minn. A small rally by a white-supremacist group in Duluth has dispersed after about 8 members were confronted by as many as 200 counter-protesters.

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DULUTH - A small group of white supremacists that held a rally Saturday at the Duluth Civic Center was confronted by a much larger group of counter-protesters.

When eight members of a white-supremacist group arrived at the Civic Center at about 10 a.m., they were confronted by dozens of opponents.

Police arrested four counter-protesters who threw snowballs at the eight people, the Duluth News Tribune reported.

After much shouting, pushing and shoving, police, who were wearing safety helmets, escorted the eight members of the Supreme White Alliance into City Hall. Opponents lingered outside for a while, but cleared out by 11:30 a.m., and the white supremacists left shortly thereafter.

The alliance said its rally was in response to a Duluth campaign that urges white people to be aware of racism.

ASSOCIATED PRESS