UPDATING: Protestors Stabbed With Flag Pole At California KKK Rally
Klansman Claims ‘Self Defense’
Caution: Vivid images below.
Two people protesting a KKK rally were stabbed with a flag pole, reportedly by a member of the Klan. A third person, possibly a KKK member, was also stabbed at the rally in Anaheim, California, where about 50 protestors showed up Saturday morning hours before it was scheduled to begin. One of the victims is reportedly in serious or critical condition.
Several witnesses saying the victim was stabbed with the point of a Confederate flagpole
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
One counter protester is down claiming he was stabbed by a Klansmen. Bleeding profusely. Klansmen: “I stabbed him in self defense.”
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
Police arrested the alleged stabbing suspect, who is claiming self defense.
Confronting racism & bearing witness at the KKK rally in Anaheim, CA. @latimes pic.twitter.com/kKms8bplfu
— Melodye Shore (@MelodyeShore) February 27, 2016
Victim who claims he was stabbed pic.twitter.com/T1wh4xuAIu
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
“A Klansman in handcuffs could be heard telling a police officer that he ‘stabbed him in self-defense.’ Several other people were also handcuffed,” the LA Times’Â James Queally, who also tweeted from the scene, reports. “Witnesses said the Klansmen used the point of a flagpole as a weapon while fighting with counter-protesters.”
Anaheim PD says 3 people stabbed one in critical. 2 of them are counter protesters. One Klansmen has been detained in the stabbing
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
The Times notes that “some of the counter-protesters could be seen kicking a man whose shirt read ‘Grand Dragon.’ At some point, a counter-protester collapsed on the ground bleeding, crying that he had been stabbed.”
Two of the Klansmen pic.twitter.com/d7OPsDBLBU
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
Witnesses said the Klansmen used the point of a flagpole as a weapon while fighting with counter-protesters.
“How do you feel that a Jewish man just saved your life?” CSU professor to Grand Dragon as he pushed him away from the melee
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
The AP notes three people have been “detained.”Â
UPDATE I: 5:14 PM EST –
Two Klan arrested for stabbing.
Three counter protesters arrested for assaulting #KKK
2 victims stable. 1 critical.— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
UPDATE II: 5:19 PM EST –
The LA Times’ James Queally is qualifying his earlier report, now states the flag on the flagpole was may or may not have been a Confederate flag. We’re amending the title and content above to reflect only that it was a flag pole.
The more witnesses I talk to they are saying the weapon used in stabbing was a flagpole but not necessarily Confederate. (1/2)
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
Sorry guys a lot happened here very quickly so those early witness statements on Confederate flag may have been off (2/2)
— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
UPDATE III: 5:31 PM EST –
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Two Klan arrested for stabbing.
Three counter protesters arrested for assaulting #KKK
2 victims stable. 1 critical.— James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) February 27, 2016
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