The Trump Effect?: Ku Klux Klan Member Stabs 3 Counter Protesters at the Location of Planned KKK Rally in Anaheim, California (Video)

At least three stabbed in melee at Ku Klux Klan rally in California

By Tori Richards
At least three people were stabbed on Saturday and one of them was critically wounded in a scuffle between members of the Ku Klux Klan and counter-protesters near a planned KKK rally in Anaheim, California, police said.

Four people were arrested following the melee, including one Klan member who is accused of the stabbing, said Anaheim Police Sergeant Daron Wyatt.

Three counter-protesters were taken into custody after stomping a KKK member on the ground, Wyatt said.

Wyatt said the altercation took place as soon as several Klan members arrived at the park in Anaheim, about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles, for a planned rally there.

"As soon as they got out of their vehicle, immediately they were attacked by counter-protesters and this caused a melee down the block," he said.

The event was captured by Adelle Nazarian and broadcast "live" via Periscope.

Wyatt said at least three counter-protesters and possibly a fourth were stabbed in the ensuing confrontation. He said the most seriously wounded of the victims was taken to a local hospital's trauma center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Left: Stabbing victim seeks help. Right: Blood stains the sidewalk near the fire hydrant where stabbing victim sat.
(Screen capture from video)

The Klan, known for their white robes and peaked hoods often worn by its members, has a long history of violence toward African-Americans, Jews and other groups, according the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in the United States.

Several witnesses said that a peaceful counter-protest had been under way for about three hours in the park a mile north of Disneyland when the Klansmen arrived in a black sport utility vehicle.

The SUV pulled up and three men got out and began to unload signs when the group of about 50 counter-protesters ran over, yelling and throwing sticks, witnesses said.

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Fundraising Site for Ferguson Cop Who Killed Michael Brown Saturated By Racist Comments By Donors — Site Censors the Comments

The crowd funding website has removed racist statements posted by donors.  The Klu Klux Klan has also offered to raise funds for police officer Darren Wilson - Has Wilson publicly refused that money??

Are these some of officer Darren Wilson supporters?: KKK preparing a cross to
be burned in Jackson County, in SE Ohio. (Photo by Paul M. Walsh)

By Jon Swaine
GoFundMe, the crowdfunding company, has defended its decision to host an online campaign to raise money for the police officer who shot dead Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri, after some donors posted racist statements.

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Some of the more than 5,600 people to have contributed money to the GoFundMe page also left racist comments that were noted by Twitter users. “I am so sick of the blacks using every excuse in the book to loot and riot,” said one donor of $50, calling herself Diane Schroeder.

“Don’t let the savages win,” wrote one donor, calling himself Timothy Flagg. An anonymous donor told Wilson: “We appreciate your service in the animal control division of the Ferguson police department.”

GoFundMe typically takes 5% from the total raised by campaigns using the site, meaning that it stands to collect more than $11,000 from the fundraising effort for Wilson so far.

In a statement released on Friday, a spokeswoman for GoFundMe said: “Some donors’ comments have contained content that is in violation of GoFundMe’s terms and have been removed accordingly.”

The website’s acceptable use policy states that it may not be used for activities relating to the sale of “items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance or the financial exploitation of a crime”.

However, the statement on Friday also said: “The content of the campaign itself is not in violation of GoFundMe’s terms of service.”

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