Omaha.com: ACLU questions police methods at Nazi rally

ACLU Nebraska is questioning why law enforcement officials took mug-shot style photographs of participants in a National Socialist Movement rally Saturday and also asked supporters and opponents to identify themselves on videotape. The civil rights organization filed an open records request Thursday with the Nebraska State Patrol and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office for the tapes, photographs and related information. Tim Butz, ACLU director, said the practices raised issues about rights to free speech and free assembly. He said he is especially concerned about future uses of the material. (...) Gary "Gerhard" Lauck, a self-described neo-Nazi from Lincoln, raised similar concerns. "It just doesn't seem to me that people practicing free speech should be photographed . . . (and) have files kept on them," he said. Jeff Schoep of Minneapolis, commander of the Minnesota-based Nazi group, said he has not encountered such requirements at other rally sites.