The movement soon came into the national spotlight as racists from across the country were offended by the "It's hard to see racism when you're white" slogan. Hate mail soon flooded Duluth Mayor Don Ness' email inbox. (Click here for the NPR story.) It was not too much later when a Neo-Nazi organization called the Supreme White Alliance called for a rally against the Un-Fair Campaign at the city hall.
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I planned on driving to city hall, but it snowed about six inches the night before and the winter weather was still going strong. After trying to dig out my car with frisbees, my friends and I decided to take the bus. The tensions were already really high by the time I got to city hall.
There was about a hundred or so people at the Civic Center with about 97% of them being anti-Nazi protesters. At the center of this mass was where the Nazis were "rallying." On the SWA website they were estimating that hundreds of their supporters from across the country would be there. About four to eight actually showed up.
Eventually the police escorted the Nazis through city hall and the skywalk to a place away from the counter rallies.
There was a huge police presence.
The police also had a block in all directions blocked off.
After the Nazis left and everything calmed down, a portion of the original group marched in the streets.
And I mean literally in the street.
Eventually the police weren't okay with that and told us to move to the sidewalk.
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