SANTA ANA – Counterprotesters being held in the Orange County Jail amid allegations that they attacked Ku Klux Klan members during a bloody confrontation Saturday at an Anaheim park were to be released Tuesday night because prosecutors have yet to file charges against them, police said.

However, they could be arrested again after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reviews evidence from the incident at Pearson Park, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.

“If and when the District Attorney’s Office files charges, those who are filed against are subject to re-arrest,” he said.

Supporters of the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and counterprotesters were involved in the incident that gained widespread national attention after several people were stabbed, one with a flagpole.

Anaheim police submitted “a comprehensive and detailed investigation, which includes a significant amount of evidence in the form of videos and still photographs from multiple sources, in addition to numerous statements from witnesses, victims, and suspects,” said Roxi Fyad, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

A dozen people were arrested. Five were released Sunday from custody – all KKK members or supporters – after police determined that they acted in self-defense. The remaining seven in custody were counterprotesters, police said.

Of those seven, three remained in custody Tuesday afternoon, according to Orange County Jail records.

The Klan does have a history with Pearson Park, albeit a brief one. In July 1924, 20,000 people rallied at a Klan ceremony there. The KKK for a short time in the 1920s held a majority on the City Council before being booted out by a recall.

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