--- title: Neo-Nazis Burn Swastika After Rally in Georgia description: In Draketown, Georgia, neo-Nazis burned a swastika after a National Socialist Movement rally. canonical: https://time.com/5249811/neo-nazis-burn-swastika-georgia/ author: Sarah Gray article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-22T22:33:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:24:19.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Neo-Nazis Burn Swastika After Rally in Georgia og:description: They gathered outside another town about 50 miles from their original rally og:url: https://time.com/5249811/neo-nazis-burn-swastika-georgia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e885d2f4e71ca3b/69892e56e76ad2e8d5631c35/neo-nazi-rally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: White Nationalists Hold Rally In Georgia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neo-Nazis Burn Swastika After Rally in Georgia twitter:description: They gathered outside another town about 50 miles from their original rally twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e885d2f4e71ca3b/69892e56e76ad2e8d5631c35/neo-nazi-rally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Neo-Nazis Burned a Swastika After Their Rally in Georgia > Sponsored content. 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Neo-Nazis held a swastika burning following a white supremacist rally in the city of Newnan, Georgia, on Saturday._ by [Sarah Gray](https://time.com/author/sarah-gray/) ## Sarah Gray Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Apr 22, 2018 10:33 PM UTC  Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018 in Draketown, Georgia. Community members had opposed the rally in Newnan and came out to embrace racial unity in the small Georgia town. Fearing a repeat of the violence that broke out after Charlottesville, hundreds of police officers were stationed in the town during the rally in an attempt to keep the anti racist protesters and neo-Nazi groups separated Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018 in Draketown, Georgia. Community members had opposed the rally in Newnan and came out to embrace racial unity in the small Georgia town. Fearing a repeat of the violence that broke out after Charlottesville, hundreds of police officers were stationed in the town during the rally in an attempt to keep the anti racist protesters and neo-Nazi groups separated Spencer Platt - Getty Images by [Sarah Gray](https://time.com/author/sarah-gray/) ## Sarah Gray Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Apr 22, 2018 10:33 PM UTC Neo-Nazis held a swastika burning following [a white supremacist rally in the city of Newnan, Georgia,](http://time.com/5249233/newnan-georgia-protests/) on Saturday. Photographer Spencer Platt captured the scene for Getty Images. His pictures show a massing burning swastika and an [othala rune](https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/othala-rune) – a pagan symbol that was used by some elements of the Third Reich. One image shows dozens of people giving Nazi salutes in front of a burning swastika that appears to be 12 to 18 feet tall. According to Platt and local news reports, the white supremacist group gathered in Draketown, Georgia, about 50 miles from Newnan after the protest.  Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018 in Draketown, Georgia. Community members had opposed the rally in Newnan and came out to embrace racial unity in the small Georgia town. Fearing a repeat of the violence that broke out after Charlottesville, hundreds of police officers were stationed in the town during the rally in an attempt to keep the anti racist protesters and neo-Nazi groups separated Spencer Platt - Getty Images  Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018 in Draketown, Georgia. Community members had opposed the rally in Newnan and came out to embrace racial unity in the small Georgia town. Fearing a repeat of the violence that broke out after Charlottesville, hundreds of police officers were stationed in the town during the rally in an attempt to keep the anti racist protesters and neo-Nazi groups separated Spencer Platt - Getty Images The rally at Greenville Street Park in Newnan was organized by the white supremacist National Socialist Movement. The [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/us/neo-nazi-rally-georgia.html) reported that it was made up of roughly two-dozen people, making it much smaller than the deadly [“Unite the Right”](https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/white-supremacist-rallies-in-charlottesville-virginia/) white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last August. One woman died after a car ran through a crowd of counter-protesters at that rally. The neo-Nazi rally on Saturday was met with about 100 counter-protesters, according to the _Times_, including members from antifa anti-fascist groups, and a large police presence of roughly 700 law enforcement officers. About 10 counter-protestors were arrested, according to reports. Local authorities said some were charged for refusing to removed their masks – in violation of a [1950 state law initially aimed at stopping the Ku Klux Klan.](https://www.myajc.com/news/wear-mask-georgia-you-could-arrested/tz4NZUFAgMROd42UTyfCpM/amp.html) Every state legislator as well as numerous county and city officials in [Coweta County condemned](http://www.cbs46.com/story/37995802/coweta-county-legislative-delegation-condemns-national-socialist-rally-in-newnan) the rally before it took place. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Come a little closer! We're all American. [ INAUDIBLE ] We all pay taxes. This is America. [ INAUDIBLE ] talk to them. [ INAUDIBLE ] Will we allow hate? No. Will we allow hate? 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