KC Council Expresses Opposition to Group Planning Neo-Nazi Rally
The Kansas City Council said Thursday it could not stand by silently while a neo-Nazi group plans to hold a national rally in Kansas City on Nov. 9.
The council instead voted unanimously for a resolution expressing opposition to what it denounced as the racist and anti-Semitic views of the National Socialist Movement.
“We have to make it very clear we are morally outraged by this,” said Councilman John Sharp, adding that several human rights groups have identified the NSM as one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the United States.
Sharp said the group held its national convention in Kansas City in 2005 and there wasn’t much of a unified, organized opposition to that gathering. But he said remaining silent against such a provocative, hateful group would just leave the impression that Kansas Citians don’t oppose those views.
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