At least 10 injured after 'chaotic' white nationalist rally in California

Counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally Sunday in Sacramento. — (Image credit: Twitter.com/BradleySA)

Police say a rally held by the Traditionalist Worker Party in Sacramento, California, turned violent Sunday afternoon when clashes broke out between members of the white supremacist group and counter-protesters.

At least 10 people were taken to the hospital, including two with critical stab wounds, Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey said. The TWP had a permit for the rally, which Harvey described as "chaotic," and members were outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protesters. Witnesses say some people were hit by pieces of concrete and sticks, and many were hiding their faces with masks and scarves, CNN reports. No one has been arrested.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says the TWP was founded in January 2015 as part of a right-wing extremist "umbrella group that aims to indoctrinate high school and college students into white nationalism."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.