Video showed nearly a dozen people wearing black pants, shirts and head coverings and red masks covering their mouths marching down the street. Three of the people were carrying black flags with red swastikas.

A neo-Nazi march in Columbus, Ohio, prompted official condemnations; no arrests were made despite reports of racial slurs and pepper spray use.

Emboldened neo-Nazis have been condemned for a racist demonstration that took place in Ohio’s Short North Arts District this weekend. On Sunday (Nov. 17), The Columbus Dispatch reported that police responded to a call that an onlooker had been pepper sprayed by a neo-Nazi but that no arrests were made.

Area leaders expressed outrage after a group of neo-Nazis marched through several Columbus neighborhoods Saturday afternoon. The march started in the Short North. A Columbus police dispatcher said they received the first call just before 1:15 p.m.

Columbus, Ohio, police have issued a statement after a dozen people dressed as Nazis marched and carried swastika flags.

Columbus police responded to the Short North neighborhood of Columbus to a group of Neo-Nazis carrying flags with swastikas shown on them Saturday afternoon, according to a report by WSYX ABC 6 in Columbus.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and multiple Columbus city officials made their thoughts known Saturday after receiving earlier reports that a group of neo-Nazis marched in the Short North Arts District.