Austria: Police Attack On US Man Brings Up Racism

"You learn to live with it," said Bongola, who moved to Austria 18 years ago.

Still, worse could be ahead with the rise of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, which garnered about 13 percent of the vote in recent elections after running a blatantly anti-foreigner campaign.

"The sad thing is that Austrian civil society doesn't have the guts to speak out," Bongola said.

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On the Net:

Justice for Mike Brennan Facebook campaign: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68217516717

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Associated Press writers Karel Janicek in Prague and Karl Ritter in Stockholm contributed to this report.