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The Aryan Guard is an Alberta-based neo-Nazi group with members primarily located in the city of Calgary.[2] According to members of the group, the Aryan Guard has around 20 members as of August 2007. Their website contains images of members sieg heiling and celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler with a swastika-shaped birthday cake.[3][4] The Aryan Guard was founded in late 2006 but became noteworthy in 2007 when members began a flyering campaign targeted at immigrants. Some of these flyers had been surreptitiously placed in the free Calgary arts and culture newspaper, “Fast Forward” by Aryan Guard members. [3] Through the research efforts of The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, it is suspected that the individual responsible for the flyers may be Bill Noble, a neo-Nazi well-known to law enforcement for his online activism and who is currently charged under Section 319 of the Canadian Criminal Code for willfull promotion of hatred. The Aryan Guard's website is also registered in Noble's name. [2][5] At a human rights panel discussion at the Glenbow Museum on August 14, 2007, the topic of the Aryan Guard was discussed. Although the flyers were “racially charged” and “disturbing,” Inspector Bob Couture of the Calgary Police Services, a speaker on the panel, stated that “there was not enough basis to take action against the group.” [6] In response to the Aryan Guard's activities in the city, Calgary anti-racist activists held a rally in support of Calgary's multiculturalism and opposition to racism and racist movements. Some members of the Aryan Guard organized a counter-protest in response to the anti-racist rally.[7] On October 14, 2007, approximately 15 Aryan Guard members protested at Calgary City Hall but were drastically outnumbered by anti-racism protesters. Police were forced to step in as a safety precaution. [8][9] On March 21, 2008, on Good Friday and United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the Aryan Guard staged a demonstration in downtown Calgary.[10][11][12] More than 40[13] supporters of the Aryan Guard faced an angry crowd of over 200 anti-racist protesters who prevented the Guard from reaching their planned meeting place at the Mewata Armouries. Police then formed a human barrier between the two groups and blocked the movement of the counter-protesters while escorting the Aryan Guard down Stephen Avenue and up the steps of City Hall, where they proudly waved flags proclaiming "White Pride Worldwide".[14] Members of the Aryan Guard also taunted Jason Devine and Bonnie Collins, local anti-racism activists whose home was firebombed on February 12, 2008, while they and their four children were inside.[15] As the demonstration wound down, members of the Aryan Guard were escorted to a waiting school bus by police and evacuated from the scene. An unknown number of anti-racism protesters, who had been under video surveillance during the demonstration, were detained as they left and forced to have their identification recorded by police.[15] [edit] References
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