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A small group of people representing the Klan had announced that it would hold a rally at Pearson Park at 1:30 p.m., police said. By 11 a.m., several dozen protesters showed up at the park to confront the Klan.
About an hour later, several men in black garb with Confederate flag patches arrived and were escorted by police around the edge of the park.
Violence erupted and some of the protesters could be seen kicking a man whose shirt read "Grand Dragon." At some point, a protester collapsed on the ground bleeding, crying that he had been stabbed.
Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested - LA Times
What a mess. As despicable as the KKK are, they have a right to hold a rally. Protesters inciting violence were wrong, no matter who the violence is against.
Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested - LA Times
What a mess. As despicable as the KKK are, they have a right to hold a rally. Protesters inciting violence were wrong, no matter who the violence is against.
Live by hate, die by hate. I'm not going to shed any tears for either group today.
Brian Levin, director of CSU San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said he was standing next to the man in the Grand Dragon shirt when a crowd of protesters carrying weapons swarmed the Klansmen.
A brawl broke out and one of the Klansmen was knocked to the ground and kicked. Levin said he later saw the man's arm bleeding.
Levin said he pushed the Klan leader away as the violence continued and a protester was stabbed.
Levin said he asked the man, "How do you feel that a Jewish guy just saved your life?"
"Thank you," the man replied, according to Levin.
no one member of the KKK just realized that a minority he hates saved him, and had the grace to be thankfulFrom the article posted already.
Maybe the KKK did change?
Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested - LA Times
What a mess. As despicable as the KKK are, they have a right to hold a rally. Protesters inciting violence were wrong, no matter who the violence is against.
Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested - LA Times
What a mess. As despicable as the KKK are, they have a right to hold a rally.
Yeah, we get, the KKK are complete and total pieces of **** and 60 years ago, they did this to black people literally on a daily basis --but can these people please stop? This just builds sympathy for racist pigs.
Call people names. That's so much healthier.
Well they shouldn't. We shouldn't have to tolerate that kind of hatred and trash in public
The KKK was waving the Confederate flag....
Well they shouldn't. We shouldn't have to tolerate that kind of hatred and trash in public
Is that an excuse to harm people?
Is that an excuse to harm people?
We are not speaking about 150 years ago are we?Apparently it was 150 years ago.
Really.Interesting. I didn't realize you joined the KKK because you liked the fashion.
We are not speaking about 150 years ago are we?
We are speaking about a specific incident in which violence was inflicted on a person in this day and age, apparently over their voiced opinion.
So a hate group was the victim of hate?Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested - LA Times
What a mess. As despicable as the KKK are, they have a right to hold a rally. Protesters inciting violence were wrong, no matter who the violence is against.
So a hate group was the victim of hate?
Kinda' hard to feel sorry for them, hate to say.
Live by the sword, die by the sword, so to speak I guess.
But I love this country & support the Constitution, so I very unhappily & begrudgingly support their 1st Amendment right to be (non-violent) assholes.
For reference: Check-out the clowns that we had to put-up with in my old neighborhood back in the '70's!
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[they had a clubhouse across the street from that park where they held their rallies, too - and Belushi & Akroyd included a parody of them in the original 1980 Blues Brothers movie ]
The KKK was waving the Confederate flag....
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