Neo-Nazi group has date at Capitol
BY ADAM WILSON
THE OLYMPIAN
02 Feb 06

A white supremacist group that staged a small rally in Olympia last
month has made reservations for a larger gathering in July at the Capitol.

The National Socialist Movement received a permit this week for a group
of 100 to rally on the Legislative Building steps at 2 p.m. July 3. The
march is described as a ?white genocide rally/campout? on the group?s
Web site.

The rally permit is standard and issued on a first-come, first-serve
basis, said Steve Valandra, spokesman for the Department of General
Administration, which manages the Capitol Campus.

Justin Boyer, leader of the Seattle-based group, filed for the permit.
He did not return a phone call for comment Wednesday.

Boyer was one of eight neo-Nazis to participate in a
Jan. 22 demonstration, originally scheduled as a march to Sylvester Park
in downtown Olympia but later staged several blocks away at Fourth
Avenue and Bethel Street.

*Perhaps a ruse
*
The permit for a July 3 rally could be a ruse, said Drew Hendricks, a
South Sound activist opposed to the group.

The neo-Nazis also scheduled a rally in Seattle on Jan. 22 without any
intention of holding it in an effort to draw protesters from their
Olympia event, he said.


?They?ve used deception before,? Hendricks said. ?It doesn?t cost them
anything to get that permit. There?s no cost if they don?t show up. For
all we know they could be having a rally in Spokane. There?s going to be
a lot of confusion until we see the whites of their eyes, so to speak,
or the brown of their shirts.?

The National Socialist Movement believes that acceptance of non-European
racial groups or Jews is a threat to the white race.
Boyer said in the earlier Olympia rally that his group is nonviolent and
hopes to use media attention to attract more followers.

The groups? announcement of the rally calls for a ?campout? July 2, 3
and 4, and describes Olympia?s typical summer weather. No camping is
allowed on the Capitol Campus, but the site also lists four South Sound
hotels with contact information, apparently culled from the Internet or
another indirect source without contacting the hotels.

The listing frightened and surprised one hotel owner, who asked not to
be identified because he and his family are not white and he feared
white supremacist groups could target them.

The National Socialist Movement?s Web site states that all attendees of
the rally are expected to register beforehand and obey the law while
attending.

Hendricks, a member of the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace and
other activist organizations, said groups are working on a plan to
counter the neo-Nazi group. At the earlier rally, about 150 people
showed up to counter the eight neo-Nazis.

?There?s been a lot of discussions among the progressive community in
town on how to have a response that is not a reaction against the
National Socialist Movement, but to educate people about diversity and
tolerance,? he said.

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