STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: In Britain, where many cities have been racked by racial violence recently, demonstrators today sent a clear message against hatred. In the town of Sunderland, England, they held an anti-Nazi rally and gave notice to those who might want to stir racial violence. CNN's Diana Muriel has more now from Sunderland.</s>DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the demonstration season in the U.K. Here in the northeast city of Sunderland, the anti-Nazi group holding a counter-demonstration to a planned rally by British fascist organization, the National Front. A local politician attending the rally warned people not to be complacent about the neo-Nazis.</s>BILL ETHERINGTON, LABOR MP, SUNDERLAND: It's not one most prosperous regions. And</s>MURIEL: Tension high this Saturday, as the football season gets underway, with the home side playing to 60,000 fans in the city's show piece stadium. (on camera): Sunderland police determined to poll for any potential trouble in the city. The National Front rally, restricted to just 15 minutes, here on this patch of</s>BOB PATTERSON, CHIEF SUPT., NORTHUMBRIA POLICE: The asylum seekers heeded our advice and stayed away. And I think they acted with honor and dignity and didn't actually allow the National Front any</s>MURIEL: Sunderland has over 800 asylum seekers, many housed in hostels in this district of the city, where the National Front had originally requested to hold their rally. But the people of Sunderland have refused to allow their city to be used as a backdrop to another race riot, a situation that has become all too common this summer in the U.K. Diana Muriel, CNN, Sunderland, England.
Demonstrators Stage an Anti-Nazi Rally in England