No violence at neo-Nazi rally
Boos, obscenities fly, but just 1 arrest made at demonstration BY VANESSA McCRAY AND IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITERS An angry crowd hurled obscenities and chanted at neo-Nazis who led an hour-long rally in downtown Toledo on Saturday while a massive police force — many in riot gear — separated the two sides. The National Socialist Movement event closed downtown streets for hours and drew about 200 counter-demonstrators and observers, who responded with vocal attacks but not violence to the speeches and Nazi salutes from about 30 neo-Nazis. Unlike a decade ago, when a neo-Nazi visit sparked rioting in North Toledo and led to more than 100 arrests, Saturday’s event was tense but triggered only one arrest. No arrests were made during the rally in front of One Government Center. One person was arrested for disorderly conduct afterward, as police and deputies on horseback pushed the crowd out of a fenced-in area and dispersed spectators north along Huron Street tow