As rocks whistled by and the police clubbed her friends, 40-year-old Hasija stood silently in a corner today, huddled in the bitter cold.
The police also clubbed at least two press photographers and broke the cameras of several others.
Asma was 9 months old, and her uncle said he dropped her when the police clubbed him.
Solaiman Youssef, 32, said he had been holding his 3-month-old daughter in his arms when the police clubbed her over the head.
Mrs. Cercel, 25 years old, said the police clubbed her.
The police then clubbed the protesters' legs.
The police clubbed men and women trying to demonstrate as well as half a dozen journalists.
During the melee, the police clubbed and kicked uninvolved bystanders in the streets around the park.
There were reports that the police had clubbed several women, though there were no hospital reports of injuries.
The police clubbed some members of the anti-Klan crowd, and there were some minor injuries.