Terri
01-10-2003, 11:57 PM
By Brian MacQuarrie
Boston Globe
January 10, 2003
LEWISTON, Maine - The arrest of white supremacist leader Matthew Hale could boost the chance of violence at a racist rally planned here for tomorrow, the city's police chief said yesterday.
''We're concerned that some of his followers will use this venue to make a strong statement'' against his arrest, Chief William Welch said.
Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, was arrested Wednesday in Chicago on charges that he attempted to solicit the murder of a federal judge there.
Welch said no changes have been made in security plans for the rally that Hale planned to lead, which is expected to demand that the city's 1,100 Somali refugees be expelled from this mid-Maine community.
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Boston Globe
January 10, 2003
LEWISTON, Maine - The arrest of white supremacist leader Matthew Hale could boost the chance of violence at a racist rally planned here for tomorrow, the city's police chief said yesterday.
''We're concerned that some of his followers will use this venue to make a strong statement'' against his arrest, Chief William Welch said.
Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, was arrested Wednesday in Chicago on charges that he attempted to solicit the murder of a federal judge there.
Welch said no changes have been made in security plans for the rally that Hale planned to lead, which is expected to demand that the city's 1,100 Somali refugees be expelled from this mid-Maine community.
For more extreme disgust click here! (http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/010/metro/Lewiston_braces_for_ white_supremacist_ra lly+.shtml)