A Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, California, over the weekend turned violent after counter-protestors confronted the white supremacist group. Both groups fought in the street. At one point video of the confrontation shows anti-Klan protestors carrying what appeared to be two-by-four pieces of wood. Meanwhile, Klansman used an American flag on a pole as a weapon.
You can view one video of the confrontation below the fold. Warning: There’s graphic violence and language.
One news report says the KKK faction started attacking counter demonstrators as soon as they arrived at the meeting location. A Different news report says the counter demonstrators were the ones who started the attack. A total of 13 people were arrested in connection with the fight. Of that number, five Klansmen were released, since it was determined they acted in self-defense.
One Klan supporter, Charles Edward Donner, 51, of San Francisco, was released without charge on Sunday. The police said Mr. Donner, initially arrested on suspicion of stabbing three protesters, had acted in self-defense. One of the injured was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, but on Sunday the police said his condition had been upgraded to stable.
Initial police reports said that the injured men were stabbed with the pointed tip of a flagpole. But police officials said Sunday that the initial report was incorrect and that they believed all three victims were stabbed with a knife.
Videos of the incident have been shared all over social media. They show Charles Edward Donner, identified as a “Klan supporter,” wearing the same uniform as the other Klansmen. Almost as if he was a member, not a supporter.
It would be interesting to know where Donner got the knife he used to stab three people, and if it was legal to carry. That’s him below, fighting with the man in the leather jacket; Donner is wearing the baseball cap and has what appears to be a small knife in his left hand.