Neo-Nazi march through town postponed

A neo-Nazi march planned for Monday through downtown has been put on hold. However, it may be rescheduled to February, according to the website calling for the march.

The Daily Stormer Wednesday announced that the armed march set for Second Street from Memorial Park to City Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be rescheduled.

The city of Whitefish received an incomplete application for a special event for the march.

In a letter sent by Whitefish City Manager Chuck Stearns to the Daily Stormer, which is posted on the site, said the application did not include a map of the parade route and did not have a certificate of insurance for the event that named the city as an additional insured. The city received a money order for $65, but that was not enough to cover the $125 application fee. Also, the letter says the applicant was required to complete a check list, “including, but not limited to a petition or notification of businesses and residences along the parade route that are affected by the street closure.”

Andrew Anglin, who runs the site, said that he will reschedule the march to February and the march will be “bigger and have more guns and special guests than we originally planned.”

Since late December, The Daily Stormer has been threatening to hold a march in Whitefish sometime in January. The website also created a call to action prompting an online “troll” storm directed at Whitefish businesses and Jewish families following an alleged incident involving the family of white supremacists Richard Spencer, who is the self-proclaimed leader of the alt-right movement and a part-time Whitefish resident.