10 stabbed, beaten at white nationalist rally in California
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A victim is attended after he was stabbed during a rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey says a rally by KKK and other right-wing extremists groups turned violent Sunday when they were met by counterprotesters.
Members of the group called ANTIFA Sacramento (Anti-Fascism Action) try to light a flag on fire as they stage a counter-protest against the Traditionalist Worker Party and the Golden State Skinheads at the California state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., today. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)
A wounded man stands by another wounded man sitting on the steps of the California state Capitol after members of right-wing extremists groups holding a rally outside the state Capitol building clashed with counter-protesters in Sacramento, Calif., today. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)
KCRA television reporter Mike Luery runs away from members of the group called ANTIFA Sacramento (Anti-Fascism Action), who staged a counter-protest against the Traditionalist Worker Party and the Golden State Skinheads, at the California state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., today. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)
SAN FRANCISCO » Ten people suffered stab wounds and other injuries today after members of a white nationalist group that planned to rally outside the California state Capitol building in Sacramento clashed with a larger group of counter protesters, authorities said.
The fight broke out when about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party gathering to rally around noon Sunday were met by about 400 counter-protesters, California Highway Patrol Officer George Granada said.
As people tried to leave the area, smaller fights broke out, Granada said.
Of the injured, two were taken to the hospital with critical stab wounds, but they were expected to survive, officials said.
Police were investigating two assaults that happened outside the Capitol grounds, but no arrests have been made, the Sacramento Police Department said in a statement.
The Capitol was on lockdown until protesters cleared the area.
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Videos from the melee posted on social media showed mounted police officers dispersing a group of mostly young people, some with their faces covered, while some throw stones toward a man holding a stick and being shielded by police officers in riot gear.
A KCRA-TV reporter and his cameraman were caught in an altercation with protesters who shouted “no cameras” as they tried to grab their equipment and shove them away from the crowd.
Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey said nine men and one woman, ranging from 19 to 58 years old, were treated for stab wounds, cuts, scrapes and bruises.
“There was a large number of people carrying sticks and rushing to either get into the melee or see what was going on,” Harvey said.
The victims were all present while the protest took place, said Sacramento Police spokesman Matt McPhail but he said it was still unclear whether and how they were involved.
The Traditionalist Workers Party had scheduled and received a permit to protest for two hours in front of the Capitol. Law enforcement was aware of the counter-protest effort and police deployed more than 100 officers to the Capitol, McPhail said.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has described TWP as a group formed in 2015 as the political wing of the Traditionalist Youth Network, which aims to “indoctrinate high school and college students into white nationalism.”
Matthew Heimbach, chairman of the Traditionalist Worker Party, told the Los Angeles Times that his group and the Golden State Skinheads organized the Sunday rally. Heimbach said that in the clash, one of their marchers had been stabbed in an artery and six of the counter-protesters had also been stabbed.
Vice chairman Matt Parrott, who was not present at the Sacramento rally, blamed “leftist radicals” for instigating the violence.
A message left at a phone number for the Traditionalist Worker Party was not immediately returned to The Associated Press.
A post recently uploaded to site of the Traditionalist Youth Network said TWP members planned to march in Sacramento to protest against globalization and in defense of their right to free expression. They said they expected to be outnumbered 10-to-1 by counter-protesters.
“We concluded that it was time to use this rally to make a statement about the precarious situation our race is in,” the Traditionalist Youth Network statement said. “With our folk on the brink of becoming a disarmed, disengaged, and disenfranchised minority, the time to do something was yesterday!”
The clash Sunday follows a confrontation in March between Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protesters in Anaheim, California in which three people were stabbed.
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Another white supremacist group….more nut jobs…..
Yeah. But who did the stabbing? The protest group, who received a permit for its demonstration, or the counter protesters who vastly outnumbered the protest group? We don’t know yet. Will we ever know or is the answer too embarrassing?
I don’t condone White Supremecists but they had a legal permit. It’s the folks the counter-demonstrated that’s to blame. America where Illegal immigrants having their way and not knowing how to follow let obey the laws of America.
Do you see “illegal immigrants” under your bed at night? How about in your bedroom closets?
You certainly write about them a lot.
No illegal anything under my bed or closet. You might want to check. Schizo!
Illegals and Third World immigrants are everywhere and destroying this nation. It is going downhill – all started with Johnson in the seventies opening the floodgates to preferred 3rd world immigration. Europeans made this country great, now failed nation’s immigrants are pulling it down.
Klastri the imbecile troll strikes again. How about you move to Mexico and help the Mexicans gets some laws changed so they can finally be allowed to have abortions so they won’t need to dump their unwanted on us to care for?
KENNY WOULD GO.
What they need on the mainland is someone dedicated to fighting back against racism, hate speech and persistent calls for a society that deprives equal rights to anyone whose magical pure white blood has been contaminated by even a single drop of inferior “black blood”. They need someone brave enough to stand up those bigots, white supremacists and gun-toting skin-heads. Someone willing to speak out and defend our glorious Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Hold on… I got it! Maybe we can lend them our best freedom fighter, Kenneth Conklin! We can see see him off, and then hold one island-wide goodbye party. Who’s with me?
Oh, try wait. Shoots, I forgot our hero is too busy picking on that handful of no good kids up Kapalama. Looks like those violent white supremacist groups will just have to terrorize and disenfranchize the mainland for another century. It has been going on for nearly 400 years, what’s another 100, right Ken?
I await your next screed regarding the Black Panthers and the BLM movement.
Trump has done his best to fire people up like this. Trump could not care less as it is all entertainment to him.
so Allie your voting for Hillary who by the way accepts money from MidEast Countries that treats women like 3rd class citizens. She lied about Benghazi telling her daughter Chelsea it was a planned assault and telling victims families it was just a spontaneous one. Then you hear Hillary saying she was under sniper fire landing in Bosnia. You don’t like Trump for whatever reason(s) don’t vote for him. But How in the Whole Wide World could you vote for Lying Crooked Hillary I can’t comprehend. Hillary can’t explain her way out of those 3 points but with lies!
I think we will see much more of this kind of thing around the world. Trump is feasting on hatred. Hawaii, with its remarkable record of decent race relations, has avoided it so far. So many out here are of mixed race. Most Hawaiians, for example, are actually more Asian and or Caucasian than Hawaiian. But beware of the 155 Sovereignty advocates preaching hatred and sometimes violence. It is what they love. Things can deteriorate here.
Allie you feast on Hillary’s Lies!
Republicans with real integrity and honesty are leaving the party. Others, like the silly, inane Ryan, are selling their souls.
Allie,you still haven’t responded to my questions on Hillary’s lies. Are you lost for words or just can’t find a way to explain it away?
Allie, like most women will vote for Hilary. Many women will turn a delusional blind eye on the facts just to prove a point that women can become the president. Stupid will prevail again just like our elected officials that stupid voted in so I say let her win, I don’t care as I stand to profit greatly from her follies to come. It truly is a shame that there were no other better qualified female candidates. Hilary is a witch and I wouldn’t be surprised if she pick Carly Fiorina as the VP! LOL
In the meantime, Asian countries are blowing us out of the water and the US is becoming a 3rd world country as we allow illegals and stupid to waste our time with racism and sexism nonsense while other countries move way ahead of us in technology and quality of life.
The anti-white creeps were the aggressive assailants. Heck with the mainstream media which are trying to hide that.
Interesting, will TWP follow the same strategy as the Westbero Ministry, put city on notice, get permit, hold event, get beat up, sue city for failing to protect . When they come to Hawaii, their attorneys call way ahead, Westboro Ministry. Causes HPD to put together Special Response Teams to protect them, all for 5 or 6 of them.
If The Traditionalist Workers Party is Neo-Nazi they it’s not Right Wing. National Socialism is SOCIALISM which is LEFT WING and just a tiny bit to the Right of COMMUNISM.
They are a fascist organization, like the Nazis in Germany, the fascists in Italy. They are people who preach hatred of many minority groups. The Nazis in Germany also hated the Communists. Trump and the Tea Party have similar views toward minority groups, like blacks, mexicans, muslims, gays, women
and Vector.
Ya got that wrong about Trump. He just wants to keep the border secure to insure our safety.
No, he’s playing to people who don’t know any better. And people who are afraid of everything – especially brown people. He plays on fear. He can sniff out cowardice.
We need a lawyer in the house. What does “illegal” mean? Does the US have immigration Laws which are to be followed or are they in place to for the sake of being in place.
Trump never did me no wrong.
Trump is a Barron, he’s in it for the money. He hates everyone, he’s an equal opportunity racist and sexist, he even hates his very own, the white men! There, are you happy now? Watch his “The Apprentice” TV shows, it will show you that he hates everyone and only picks the toughest survivors irrespective of their race, gender and shape.
There are no winners when you vote for someone that chooses to let in every single illegal immigrant imaginable except the immigration lawyers so go ahead, and hand over your future paychecks to support the illegals that are a net-drain on the economy.
Don’t let the word “socialism” confuse you. National socialism is not socialism, in the same way that the Democratic Republic of Korea is not democratic. Socialism is left-wing; national socialism (think nazi party) is right-wing. After all, these neo-nazis are Trump supporters.
I’m confused on these and have to ask the socialist. How about state socialism, city socialism and family socialism?
Confused, again. Asking someone to do your thinking for you- true to pattern. Fox is on.
Despite your definitions and purported associations, isn’t it somewhat worrisome that the vast majority of violence seems to originate from those more closely aligned with your way of thinking?
I wouldn’t say that the enemy of my enemy is always my friend, would you?
I mean, take a look around this place for instance.
Me? No, I’d like to think most would not, and, in all fairness, neither does Trump, despite what one reads while looking around here..
Well, I didn’t think so.
But neither do I see much evidence that the lefties here would ever think a violent protest aligns with their own beliefs – in the face of fantastic calls for prison rape, institutionalized race/faith-based bias, etcetera ad nauseum that I see daily from the other side.
Interesting. I think perspective might cloud vision somewhat, as I often read extrapolations accusing others of such, but rarely see the justification for same. Regarding Trump, the “left leaners” here routinely assign him membership in a variety of less than savory associations despite no evidence supporting such. Trump has more than enough problems to disqualify him from presidential consideration, so accusing him of being a Grand Dragon isn’t either truthful or necessary.
I haven’t seen any evidence of Trump godwinning under this particular story. And, I just can’t bring myself to “ally” you with most of the right-leaners here where there’s quite a bit more venting than vision in evidence.
Nazi in English is national socialist German workers party.
Does that sound like a bunch of right wingers?
National Socialist….Left wing just below communism. You are way lost in your understanding of politics.
You are confused. See my post above. Socialism is not the same as national socialist. They are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
The Political Spectrum is NOT A CIRCLE. but a STRAIGHT LINE. With Communism (total government control of everything) on the Far Left and Anarchy (total lack of government) on the Far Right.
Communism—National Socialism–Democratic Socialsim–American Conservatism–Anarchy
Yea there are others that could be fit in along the line
Nazis Germany had total authoritarian government control, only one party, and only one leader. A far right fascist party
I’ll offer some free advice.
It’s hard to teach imbeciles. Take my word for it.
Maybe the teacher is no good?
Oddly enough, that’s what your teacher mentioned to me.
You are an I D I O T. Communism has one party, one leader so are they Right Wing too?????
No, no, neither a CIRCLE nor a STRAIGHT LINE — but a PENTAGON.
One thing is clear. The Democrats foment violence at Trump rallies. Ask Robby Mook a straight question you get a crooked answer.
You are nuts
Not nuts. He / She is a strong Trump supporter – so that tells you all you need to know.
He’s the ventriloquist for sarge22. I’m not which one sits on which knee, but they tag team ridiculous defense of Trump. Sad but entertaining.
When you leaving for Philly?
Ohh, it’s the “imbecile” queen again. I guess you ran out of food stamps and you’re demanding more money from the Asian, black and white people to feed your lard-ass.
How about going to Mexico where you can make an actual difference there, start by getting elected and change some laws like permitting Mexicans to have abortions since abortions are currently illegal in Mexico so the loving people of Mexico are forced to dump their unwanted on us.
DIWC: Maybe you should give yourself a couple of years to mature and then start calling people doo-doo heads.
The chairman of the Nationalist Workers Party is also a Trump supporter, widely known for attacking a black woman at a Trump rally.
So who lead the counter-demonstrators who had no legal permit to do so? When does illegal actions override legal permitted demonstration? I don’t like skin-heads or white supremecists but if they got a legal permit to do what they were gonna do, just stay clear and do your own thing getting a permit to do so. You folks condemning a legal situation in favor of illegal activities should change the law and not take it into your own hands.
Never did see counter-demonstrators at a biker rally. Wonder why.
Exactly. Same freaks that show up at Trump rallies and Trump Tower. The skin heads right or wrong have their rights. Must be democrats.
Sometimes we have a lot more to worry about that ISIS.
Leftist Democrats! smh
“Paging US house of representative John Lewis,John Lewis, Paging John Lewis front desk Please! Time to coordinate and “Stage” another sit-in . Instead of just taking away our guns,let’s take away your KNIVES too! Ha!ha!ha!
30 members VS 400 members? Wait are these 400 members Bernie Sanders Supporters.”Oppressive Leftist Radicals”. They can say what they want,but NOOOOOO,not you if you disagree their cause. I hope While they are at it,Better check their green cards too. send them packing. Back to Mexico! ……something to think about. Today in the USA ,Who Really are the Minorities……. It’s the White Population.
I’m starting to think those who can only write incomprehensible rants are becoming the majority, God help us all.
Have you asked Him to recently?
It’s sad, isn’t it? This is what the education system in this state turns out. It’s pathetic.
So now they mock John Lewis – a man who was nearly beaten to death by the police for trying to win the right to vote for black people. This is who they mock.
Sad, pathetic losers.
It is pathetic.
And it’s run by your Party.
agree
Knife and stick control now! Put all people with kitchen knives, razors and baseball bats on national database.
Come tomorrow the Democrats will do a sit-in in favor of counter demonstrators.
They will want kitchen knife background checks!!!
You mor0ns just proved that gun control is common sense and necessary. You’ve shown light on the fact that this fight included a significant amount of knife attacks…yet NOBODY DIED! If even one person had started firing an AR-15 with a high-capacity mag, there would be at minimum a handful of dead, more likely double digits.
HIE – Did the Oklahoma bomber Tim McVeigh require a gun?! If someone wants to kill people she/he will find a way. The point is its the person not the gun or knife is responsible.
If you can cite an example of someone outside of an 80’s Hong Kong action movie walking into a nightclub and killing 50 people with a stick you might have a point. If not, you don’t.
At least no guns…but I guess now there will be a House will have a sit-down anti-knife protest?…told my wife to hide here favorite set of kitchen knives 🙂
So the school system indoctrinates kids and young adults in liberalism from the beginning through graduate school. The Obamas advocate Black supremacy giving little attention to other minorities.
The Obamas advocate “Black supremacy?”
This is really how your mind works? You are do deluded with Obama Derangement Syndrome that you actually think that?
And you’re wrong about the liberal indoctrination thing. It’s just that the more educated someone is and the more they earn, the more likely they are to be progressive and Democrat.
Poorly educated = more likely to be conservative and Republican (and afraid of everything)
Well educated = more likely to be Democratic and progressive.
Always mistaking educated for knowledgeable.
Typical elitist attitude.
Where’s the mistake? Knowledge is the end result of an education. Education doesn’t have to be formal and there don’t have to be degrees involved but the two are inextricably tied — unlike say, “educated” and “intelligent.”
Poor Klastri suffers from all sorts of mental issues like dyslexia where she thinks in reverse of what poorly and well educated actually mean.
Klastri, based on your logic…
1. How do you explain that most of the highly educated illegal Mexicans in the USA are all supporting the Democratic party?
2. Secondly, if they were so well educated and smart, maybe they would fix their own issues back in Mexico rather than flee from their own people?
3. Isn’t Mexico’s biggest current winning and ruling party the identical equivalent to our Democratic party???
First, they are white supremacists,then fascist and now KKK.
And, Republican throughout it all.
Har Har har.
Pfft! The SPLC fancies itself as some defender of human rights, yet it labels those who have opinions that differ with theirs as Haters. Mere disagreement = Hate? I’d say that qualifies THEM as a Hate group themselves. Last time I checked, this is still America. But for how long, who knows?
For how long … yes. You’re always afraid of everything. How did that happen to you? Have you always been a coward?
The SPLC has a lot of experience investigating hate groups. They’re good at it and very well respected in the legal and law enforcement communities.
I’m sure they couldn’t care less if you don’t value their service.
Oh, please. This, from someone who borrows hate from his grandparents and rants about “never forgetting” someone else’s memories.
These racist groups should be shot on sight … no use for them in this country and their mentality. Take their kids out too as they are being poisoned by their racist parents
add the gang-bangers to that
Ok, which side is the racists and gang bangers?
How about the bang gangterz. Take then out 2. Oh and the right steak knifers.
i wouldn’t say shoot or kill someone unless I was willing to do it myself. Who do you want to pull the trigger for you?
Or as Joe Jackson said:
“Kill all the blacks – kill all the reds.
And if there’s war between the sexes
Then there’ll be no people left.
Now the democrats will want background checks for anyone purchasing a knife.
WOW! You’re very clever! Let’s all make fun about trying to do something about mass murder!
Great comment!
Someone always has to be first to do the “time to ban all fill-in-the-blanks” in anything having to do with a non-firearm-related assault… It’s kind of like waiting for the kid in the audience to challenge the ventriloquist and his dummy to talk at the same time.
And to think we could have had a sit in instead.
The best defense against mass murder is self defense. If your waiting for the government or the police to save you, your toast. Situational awareness and being responsible for your own safety is the best defense, be proactive.
I dont like these KKK groups and white nationalists, but they have the same right to protest (legally as they did with a permit) as the Black Lives Matters groups or anyone else.
One side had permits to demonstrate, the others? Easy to put fix blame is it was an illegal act?
Heh. The Peaceniks beat up the skinheads!
Now days humanity is losing it. Group organizations are starting to escalate. We will soon be in war with each other on a larger scale. It’s happening already.
I am guessing, that there will be a BAN, on all edged weapons ?
After all, all firearms are dangerous, no matter what kind.
There should be an FBI Registry of all edged weapons.
It is the instrument, and not the person, that is dangerous. Right ?
“white nationalism.”
I looked at their web site, and if it is an accurate description of their agenda, this phrase is inaccurate. Similarly for phrases like neo-nazi, etc.
What they are is “racial separatists”, which believe that different races/ethnic groups, etc etc should live in their own local communities without certain kinds of interference from the government.
I guess nationalist sounds better then racist. But what nation do this nationalist represent? The Native Americans are the originals that walked those grounds
Are they 6 generation Brits? Germans? Europeans?
The word “racist” is often meant to be some kind of moral slur.
For example, someone who believes a certain race is inferior or superior to another.
The Traditional Workers Party website claims they do not believe this.
The group claims to believe that “races” are different and should be allowed to separate.
Not my choice, but they did not seem to be espousing a “white nation”, or violence.
On the other hand, I thought that the protestor I saw being interviewed was dripping with hatred.
If I recall correctly, she said they should be stopped by all means possible.
She seemed to be endorsing violence.
I do not think the article makes it clear who initiated the violence and who was stabbing whom.
LOL!!!! Where is the cry to ban knifes, razor blades, etc???? Knifes jus as deadly? Wheres hillary and the rest of the ignorant politicians?
Why aren’t the Democrats having their filibuster to get background checks on any knife with a blade longer than 1 inch? A mentally ill person or terrorist can do a lot of damage in a crowded room full of people!