Of the 12 arrested on Saturday, seven were booked at the Anaheim Detention Facility, according to a statement released by Anaheim Police. The event quickly escalated into violence and at least two people had to be treated... (Associated Press) 
 
 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the stabbings at a Ku Klux Klan gathering in Southern California Saturday (all times local): 
 
 2:44 p.m. One of the counter-protesters was stabbed with the decorative end of a flagpole, said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt with the Anaheim Police Department tells The Associated Press two people who were part of a counter-protest at a KKK gathering Saturday afternoon in Anaheim were stabbed in separate incidents.  A Ku Klux Klansman, left, uses an American flag to fend off angry counter protesters after members of the KKK tried to start a "White Lives Matter" rally at Pearson Park in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday,... (Associated Press) 
 
 A Ku Klux Klansman, left, uses an American flag to fend off angry counter protesters after members of the KKK tried to start a "White Lives Matter" rally at Pearson Park in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. “They were definitely dressed up (for) the occasion.” 
 
 The man stabbed by the flag pole was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Wyatt said, but his condition later improved.
– Authorities say 13 people are in custody following a violent altercation that left three people stabbed at a Ku Klux Klan gathering in Southern California, the AP reports. A spokesman with the Anaheim Police Department says six of those arrested are Klan supporters and seven counter-protesters. All three people who were stabbed are believed to be counter-protesters. One person is in critical condition and one was stabbed in the upper torso by the tip of a flagpole, the Orange County Register reports. A man wearing a "Grand Dragon" shirt was seen kicked by protesters, the LA Times reports, and Brian Levin, director of CSU San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, says he pushed a Klan leader away during the violence. "How do you feel that a Jewish guy just saved your life?" Levin says he asked him. According to Levin, the man replied, "Thank you." The KKK's history in Anaheim goes way back: The hate group held four out of five seats on the City Council before being ousted during a recall effort in 1924. Almost 300 Klansmen once lived in the city, where they patrolled with masks and robes and once held a rally that drew 20,000. But recent activities have been "sporadic," says the Times, which notes two incidents of KKK fliers distributed last year.