KKK 'white lives matter' protesters attacked by mob in Anaheim, 4 stabbed, 13 arrested - TomoNews
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA —
Freedom of Speech includes letting the
Ku Klux Klan hold peaceful rallies, even if what they are advocating is abhorrent. This bit of hard truth was lost, however, on a mob in
Anaheim, California that began beating up
KKK and other affiliated groups' members on Saturday,
February 27, 2016.
The scuffles started
Saturday morning after the KKK began an anti-Muslim, anti-illegal immigrant, "
White Lives
Matter" at
Pearson Park in Anaheim, California.
Reuters reports
Klan members were quickly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators who initially remained peaceful. But, when a black
SUV arrived carrying more
Klansmen holding more hate-filled signs, something snapped and as many as 50 counter-protesters started getting violent.
As fights broke out, four people were stabbed. One counter-protester is reportedly in critical condition after being stabbed by the spear finial end of a flagpole.
The LA Times reports that
Brian Levin, the director of
Cal State San Bernardino's
Center for the
Study of
Hate and Extremism and a man of
Jewish heritage, pushed
William Quigg, the Klan leader he was interviewing, out of harm's way as the mob approached.
Asked later about being saved by a Jew, Quigg was gracious enough to thank Levin.
Thirteen people were arrested, including the
Klansman flag pole stabber.
Many expressed dismay that violence occurred. Local resident
Dion Garcia told Reuters: "It was crazy. A lot of us were trying to break it up. This was not necessary, they should have just let the Klan protest.
This is America, we have free speech."
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