
Neo -Nazi performances in the American city of Toledo (Ohio) led to riots, a state of emergency was announced in the city, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the local police, at least 65 people have already been arrested, and several police officers were seriously injured. In the city, from eight o’clock in the evening, a commandant hour has been introduced, which will act on Sunday. The mayor of the city, Jack Ford, requested additional police forces from the state.
The riots began shortly before the rally of the “American Nazi Party”, whose members gathered in the city park and were going to protest against the “black bandits terrorizing the white population”.
Dark young people decided to prevent a demonstration. Several people made a pogrom in the store, and another group of young people began to turn over cars.
“We were also reported about shooting, but we did not find the wounded or killed,” Mike Navarre, chief of the city police, told reporters.
Young people began to throw stones at the windows of houses and shop windows. One of the ambulance cars, which turned out to be “locked” on the one hand, a heated and rampant crowd, and on the other with a car, they also threw stones.
When the mayor of the city tried to reason the crowd, then one of the participants in the riots, on the face of which was a black mask, threatened to shoot him. Currently, the situation is normalized, and enhanced police outfits are on duty in the city.