1989_03 The Daily Collegian March 1989

              Aryan Rally in Napa
Protesters
Continued from page 7
stand in a cow pasture all day. But it
was evident that the skinheads were going
lo flay on the hill, where it was safe.
Things began io happen when a group
of skinheads, who had been invited to the
rally but were unable to penetrate the
police blockade, were spoiled by the some
of the crowd. A few walked over 10 the
group, which was standing on the side of
the road, obviously miffed at being left
out.
One of them had scratches on his face;
another had a dime-sized scab over his lip.
"We got jumped by some niggers last
night, now we can't go here; it's off
limits," said Jeff C. an 18-year-old
skinhead bom Sacramento.
One of the protesters, 22-year-old Nora
Trentacrxaezz from Oakland. asked why
ihey were part of the skinheads. "If you're
while, you should stick up for your race."
answered JefTC.
"I believe in any race." Trcntacosiezz
said, holding a sign which read "Ignorance
= HATE." But the skinheads had already
turned iheir backs and were headed back to
their car.
The protesters had had a taste of
confrontation and were looking- for more/
Around noon, ihey began lo get ihdf
fill.
A large group of marchers could be
seen coining down the highway.
Shouting otacenities and fingering
gestures 10 both skinheads and the police
who were keeping the protesters from
iheir target, the marchers incited the rest
of lhe group in the pasture io join ranks
m the middle of Ihe street
The crowd began to grow in number
and volume. Police tightened the
blockade, billy clubs displayed
prominently out from.
As the excitement grew, so did lhe
Iwsulity. People began bumping
shoulders, becoming restless. Finally.
one young man broke from the crowd.
through ihe blockade and slaned up lhe
hill.
The crowd seized this opportunity to
stampede approximately 10 feet up the
hill.
The skinheads loo made small
advancements down to meet ihem but
still a confrontation was unsuccessful.
Police were able to control the protesters
within minutes, once again positioning
themselves between lhe crowd and the
skinheads.
Just when it looked as though the
protesters, who were growing
increasingly violent, were not going io be
able to vent their aggression upon the
enemy, word got out that some members��of the Ku Klux Klan had arrived, and were
marching from down the highway up to
ihe crowd.
Ii took only a few minutes before the
group met up with Bill Albers. a
Modesio Klansman. who was dressed in
jeans, a while cowboy hat and while
windbreakcr with the KKK symbol on his
chest.
Albers was asked if he knew he was
going to his death. "1 have a right to be
here, just like ihey do." said Albers. as he
.marched up ihe street amid a cluster of
reporters and photographers.
But as far as the crowd was concerned,
the KKK had no place on Highway 12
that Saturday afternoon.
"You have no right to be here! Get
out!", shouted one angry woman io
Albers, who said nothing in response.
A man came up behind Albers and
knocked his hat off. Albers spun around
and retrieved lhe haL He began to realize
that perhaps his appearance hadn't been a
good idea.
"1 thought I was going to be able to
speak." said Albers. "I just wanted to go
up lhe road and make a speech. I ain't
gonna deal wiih a bunch of illiterate
people."
As he began to walk-in the opposite
direction, another man grabbed Albers hat
from behind. This time, Albers was
unsuccessful in getting it back. People
began pushing. And Albers was getting
mad.
Turning his back once again. Albers
tried lo make his way back. But the crowd
had found
iu target for the day. And he wasn't going
io get away that easy.
An angry protester exploded from the
crowd, and began beating on Albers. This
sparked lhe crowd lo fall upon its new¬
found prey, but police intervened and
succeeded in separating Albers from the
mob.
With only a few police lo guard
Albers. and many more protesters trying
to get to the Klansman. Albers started to
fear for his safety.
"Can 1 please get some protection?" he
calmly asked a nearby officer, who had
his club raised against the crowd.
The protesters. Finding new ways io
attack Albers. started throwing pebbles
and mud at Albers' face. Those who could
get close enough spit repeatedly in his
hair.
Albers was escorted to safety, taking
refuge in a police van. But the absence of
Albers did little to quiet the crowd.
Minutes later, one of the protesters.
Shcm Tsipur, was taken inio custody.
Enraged, the crowd started chanting. "Let
him go!" over and over.
"They singled him oul" said Tsipur's
friend. Kale Knox. 25. from Oakland.
"People were throwing sticks and bottles;
lhe police didn't arrest them. They arrested
him because be wasn't afraid io go out in
from," she said.
Al the end of the day, Napa County
Sheriff's CapL Richard Lonergan reported
thai there were no confirmed arrests from
ihe rally, although one other man was
also taken into custody.
Some of the protesters continued to
march down the hill; most started heading
back up the road io iheir cars. With the
Klan out of sight and the skinheads out of
reach, there was no one left to prey upon.
But they had found a target for their    s
mourning aggression arid the party was'
over.
Skinheads,
Continued from page g
stating the Aryans' point of view.
Francis, who is black, said lhe skinheads
were shaken by lhe journalists' rush on
the hill. They said some very crude
things," he said, quoting one as calling v>
him a "chimpanzee." "He warms his
hands because he needs (hem lo swing
from trees," one said as Francis rubbed
his hands against ihe wet chill.
Nervous police finally called Lonsdale
in io personally evict the reporters from
the lull. "It was a clusterfack," said one   ,
photographer, who said he overheard a
TV. reporter tell his doubtful camerman.
It was O.K. once someone else went
up." The incident might be called
representative of the shaky ethics ihe
media set in motion that day.
True demoristraiors didn't Stan arriving
in large numbers until noon approached.
Irv Rubin arrived—with a mere half-dozen
JDL members. Other protesters included a
dozen march"": with a barrier reading
"Neo-Nazis Never Again," a small, wary
group from the Marxist-Leninist Party
and a solitary man in his late thirties
bearing a large American flag.
The man. who declined to be identified,
pointed toward the Marxists and said, "It's
people like them who are destroying this
country." Then, pointing up towards lhe
skinheads visible on the hill, he said "So
are ihey."
A little after noon, a plane flew over
head, lowing a banner which stated
Nundy: "HITLER IS A WEENIE."
See Skinheads, page 12
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