they re shouting all their white supremacist nonsense, like the charles s phil unite the rally, the election was stolen. i will tell you that there s one silver lining of the history hitler youth white supremacist group marching in philadelphia this weekend is that philadelphians met them when they arrive at, and screamed at them. they started engaging with the citizens of philadelphia who were not happy about the things that they were sane. apparently these males felt threatened and at one point somebody in their crowd through a smoke bomb to retreat and they ran away from the people of philadelphia. they literally ran array from the people of philadelphia.
it back through violence. that s what we re seeing across the white supremacy groups, the radicalized right wing groups. reporter: police say the group had several combative encounters with the public including throwing a smoke bomb at one point to run away from authorities. the mayor of philadelphia tweeted, appalled these folks chose philly to display their open hate red hatred. racism, intolerance and hate have no place here. brynn gingras, cnn, new york. cnn has tried to reach out to both groups. we have not heard back back from either. more perspective from juliette kayyem, former assistant director of homeland security. juliette, you heard brynn gingras report. rise of the moors, to what extent have been this one on authorities radar? they ve been very little on anyone s radar. they re a known group, they ve been around since the 1970s, 1980s.
hours, the standoff ended peacefully. but police seized eight guns including assault rifles as the investigation continues into this group with the help of the fbi. and in the streets of philadelphia saturday. too scared to take the mask off! reporter: a different extremist organization. 200 members of patriot front, identified as a white supremacist group by splc, chanted about a stolen election. when something is stolen, you believe rightfully you can get it back through violence. that s what we re seeing across the white supremacy groups, the radicalized right wing groups. reporter: police say the group had several combative encounters with the public including throwing a smoke bomb at one point to run away from authorities. the mayor of philadelphia tweeted, appalled these folks chose philly to display their racism. intolerance and hate have no
when something is stolen, you believe that you can get it back through violence and that is what we re seeing across the white supremacy groups. reporter: and they threw a smoke bomb at one point to run away from authorities. the mayor of philadelphia tweeted this, appalled these groups chose philly as the place to demonstrate their open hate read. raci racism, intolerance have no mace here. and philadelphia police would not comment if any arrests happened or if so how many. cnn reached out to both groups but did not hear back. britain agynn gingras, cnn, thi morning. extremist groups are feeling more confident about appearing publicly. they say former president trump s acknowledgement of these groups and the insurrection are key factors in their growing visibility and they warn of a growing risk of violent
philadelphia. at one point setting off a smoke grenade. they started engaging with citizens of philadelphia who are not too happy of some of the things they were saying. these males felt frighten and at some point somebody threw a smoke bomb to cover their retreat and they ran away from the people of philadelphia. they felt threaten. six months after the capitol attack, the nation is grappling with election lies and the republican party unwilling to do much about either. joining me now is congressman ted lu and cornel belcher and christina greer. congressman lu, i want to start with you, i want people to remember six months ago we were this close, you were there and