Photos: White supremacists rally in downtown L.A.

About 12:30 p.m., members of the white supremacist group began delivering anti-immigrant tirades and shouts of “Sieg Heil” that echoed down the street.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

C.D. Herrington, chairman of the National Socialist Movement, speaks to the media after the rally at City Hall. Organizers obtained a permit for the rally earlier this week, prompting the LAPD to go on tactical alert to protect the protesters and counter-protesters.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A woman tries to protect a man (with head down) who was being attacked by counter-demonstrators outside L.A. City Hall. The two men who were severely beaten by anti-Nazi mobs were treated and released, police said.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Members of a neo-Nazi group shield themselves as counter-demonstrators throw rocks, bottles and more at the white supremacists and their police escorts. Five people were arrested for throwing things.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Anti-Nazi demonstrators beat a man with sign posts, causing him to bleed from the head.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the National Socialist Movement attend a rally in downtown L.A.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A member of the National Sociaist Movement salutes Hitler as a group of Neo Nazis, the National Socialist Movement, held a protest outside City Hall in Los Angeles and were met by hundreds of counter Nazi demonstrators on April 17, 2010.  (Anne Cusack /Los Angeles Times)

A member of a neo-Nazi group wipes his shoes with the Mexican flag.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A counter-demonstrator screams at police as a group from the National Socialist Movement demonstrate outside of L.A. City Hall.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

A couple taking part in a rally by a Neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Movement, finds a moment for themselves outside of Los Angeles City Hall on April 17, 2010.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)