ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) — Four people were arrested Saturday at a Ku Klux Klan rally at the Minnesota Capitol, police said.
Forty-six Klansmen, many in white robes, stood at the top of the capitol steps, carrying a Confederate flag and shouting slogans like "White Power" and "Seig Heil." At the same time, anti-Klan protesters burned an effigy of a Klansman and shouted down supporters of the white supremacists. The anti-Klan protesters made up the majority of the crowd, estimated at 1,000 by public safety officials.
Three people who tried to break through a barrier were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. A fourth person was arrested before the rally.
Michael McQueeney, second-in-command of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, told the Pioneer Press he staged the rally in St. Paul because he wanted to come to the center of the country to address other whites.