BURNS, Tenn. — Police formed a tight perimeter around a Tennessee state-owned hotel Saturday, guarding a white nationalist conference inside the building from anti-racist protesters gathered outside. State park rangers subjected each protester to a metal detector test before allowing them to enter a fenced-off area across from the hotel. pic.twitter.com/0e32vqWnzU — Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) April 28, 2018The Inn at Montgomery Bell State Park — nestled in a 3,850-acre state park 30 miles west of Nashville — has hosted American Renaissance’s annual conference since 2012. But this year’s American Renaissance conference was marked by a much larger police presence than in years past. When one older man in a suit and tie was escorted by police into the event, protesters yelled “Nazi scum!”Protesters yell at man being escorted by cops into white nationalist conference in Tennessee state park building.

Source: Huffington Post April 29, 2018 16:52 UTC