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KKK members stabbed three counter-protesters at a rally in Anaheim today

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Anaheim, Civil Rights, Crime, Politics 3 Comments

Several people were stabbed, one with a flag pole, during a brawl on Saturday morning between self-described Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protesters at Pearson Park, in Anaheim today, according to the O.C. Register.

The attack happened at around 11 a.m. this morning when five KKK members showed up at Pearson Park. The KKK leaders had announced their intention to rally at the park earlier this week. The clan members drove up in a vehicle and were confronted by protesters right away.

The Anaheim Police claimed that the protesters attacked the Klansmen. Continue reading→

Councilwoman Martinez speaks out about the KKK attack on MLK Day

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in African Americans, Civic Affairs, Michele Martinez, Racism, Santa Ana Leave a comment

City of Santa Ana

Community Alert: STATEMENT BY CITY COUNCILWOMAN MICHELE MARTINEZ

SANTA ANA (January 20, 2015) – “The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has long been a symbol of peace for the civil rights movement and equality. As a Council Member of one of Orange County’s largest and most diverse cities, I was deeply disturbed to learn that early yesterday morning, on the day this holiday is observed, small bags filled with racist paraphernalia were distributed to around 40 homes in the City of Santa Ana.” Continue reading→

Santa Ana police investigate KKK propaganda left in neighborhood

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in African Americans, Civil Rights, Crime, Racism, Santa Ana 3 Comments

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Police investigate KKK propaganda left in neighborhood

Santa Ana police officers respond to a resident who reported he found a small zip-loc baggy containing a rock, a candy, a flyer, and a KKK business card on his driveway this morning in the 2600 block of N Linwood St in Santa Ana.

The flyer contains anti-MLK propaganda. Approximately 40 similar bags were distributed sometime during the evening to various residences within a four block radius. No specific threat was noted on the business card and no crime can be established at this point. Continue reading→

Former Santa Ana Mayor Gordon Bricken still keen on Confederates

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in African Americans, Civil Rights, Orange County, Santa Ana 7 Comments

Gordon Bricken admires the Confederate Army memorial at the Santa Ana Cemetery

Picture by Joshua Sudock of the O.C. Register

Do you remember a guy named Gordon Bricken? He was once the Mayor of Santa Ana. The O.C. Register is reporting that Bricken has written a book about gravesites of conferate and union soldiers that can be found here in Orange County.

“His parents taught him to respect the history of the Civil War – to remember relatives who fought in battle, to know the stories of people killed and families uprooted. His mother once gave him a hand-sewn Confederate flag for his room,” according to the O.C. Register.

Bricken is originally from Kentucky, which was a Southern slave state. Continue reading→