White supremacists rally outside Connecticut police station in ugly display condemned by mayor

A group of white supremacists rallied outside a Danbury, Connecticut police station Saturday night over the city’s decision to allow noncitizens to join the police force in a shocking display quickly condemned by the mayor.About a dozen hateful demonstrators were spotted outside Danbury police headquarters, chanting “white power” and holding inflammatory signs, according to a video shared on Reddit, the News-Times reported.  Shocking footage shot from a moving car shows members of the masked crew holding a large sign reading “Keep New England White” and throwing Nazi salutes.The racist protesters then launched into a chilling call-and-response chant of “white power,” before being screamed down by the car’s passengers, the clip shows.A banner held by the protesters seen in the videos identifies the group as Northeast Action, though little to no information about a group by that name is available online.Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves confirmed the authenticity of the video and shared a screenshot of the group’s apparent Telegram channel, slamming the hateful rhetoric.

In the screenshot, the group is seen railing against Danbury, “where nearly half of the population is Hispanic, many of them illegal,” as well as mentioning the city’s recent decision to allow some noncitizen immigrants to become members of the Danbury Police Department.That decision, voted on by the Danbury City Council last Tuesday, allows permanent legal residents and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients, also known as Dreamers, to be hired as police officers, the News-Times reported.  The Danbury Police Department apparently was unaware of the hateful protest outside its headquarters until after it was over.The department only “became aware of the activity after it occurred” and no cops interacted with the protesters, spokesperson Erin Henry said.Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour said that the demonstrators were not members of the Danbury Police Departme...