They arrived in large gatherings from all over the city. Almost all of them were white men. Some wore white or black shirts, while others were in white costumes, typical of costumes worn by the Ku Klux Klan, an extremist movement which advocates white supremacy. Some were dressed as soldiers, armed with rifles and shields. Flags bearing Hitler’s symbolic torch, the Swastika, were waved. The most prominent flags flying during the white nationali