According to a New York Times article published in June 1927, a man with the name and address of Donald Trump's father was arraigned after Klan members attacked cops in Queens, N.Y.
In an article subtitled "Klan assails policeman", Fred Trump is named in among those taken in during a late May "battle" in which "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen staged a free-for-all." At least two officers were hurt during the event, after which the Klan's activities were denounced by the city's Police Commissioner, Joseph A. Warren.
?The Klan not only wore gowns, but had hoods over their faces almost completely hiding their identity,? Warren was quoted as saying in the article, which goes on to identify seven men ?arrested in the near-riot of the parade.?
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