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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    An Orange County KKK Rally Turns Violent

    Over the weekend, three people were stabbed and more than a dozen arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim. The white supremacist group has been in the news for other reasons too. Today, Donald Trump is getting blasted by his Republican competitors for failing to denounce the KKK when asked about it on CNN Sunday. So what's going on?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 29, 2016 • 1 min read

    Over the weekend, three people were stabbed and more than a dozen arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim. The white supremacist group has been in the news for other reasons too. Today, Donald Trump is getting blasted by his Republican competitors for failing to denounce the KKK when asked about it on CNN Sunday. So what's going on? Why is the KKK suddenly in the spotlight again and what is its presence here in California?

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    Oscars Post-Mortem, Politics in the South, Trump University
    1. 0:30Frangela on the Oscars
    2. 10:25TV Roundup: Beyond the Oscars
    3. 19:27On the Ground in the South
    4. 30:46An Orange County KKK Rally Turns ViolentYou’re reading this
    5. 40:49Trump University
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

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      Brian Levin

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Oscars Post-Mortem, Politics in the South, Trump University
    1. 0:30Frangela on the Oscars
    2. 10:25TV Roundup: Beyond the Oscars
    3. 19:27On the Ground in the South
    4. 30:46An Orange County KKK Rally Turns ViolentYou’re reading this
    5. 40:49Trump University
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