Some anti-Trump demonstrators are arrested in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Thursday after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally at the Pacific Amphitheatre.
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Trump’s speech in Costa Mesa marked the beginning of his election campaign in California, where he has high hopes that California’s June 7 primary will make him the Republican presidential nominee.
The California rally was hardly the first time that violence has broken out at a Trump event, though it has been several weeks since the campaign has seen serious protests.
He added that no one was inside the auto at the time and that police could only get close to the vehicle after the jumping man, who he did not see get arrested, had hopped off the auto.
The front and back windows of one police auto were smashed as protesters and others grew increasingly unruly in the aftermath of Trump’s speech.
As a crowd formed around the auto, police officers in tactical and riot gear moved into action, forming a perimeter around the crowd before forcing the demonstrators to move down the road.
Clashes between Trump’s backers and critics began in the hours before the Republican front-runner spoke, with some footage from the scene showing people yelling, shoving and swinging at one another.
“Post Trump rally protest is over”.
“The Trump supporters were the peaceful people singing patriotic songs, festive and happy, while the protesters were very angry and high aggression”. During the anti-Trump protests, many were waving Mexican flags clashed with police. “No major injuries. Crowd dispersed by 11 p.m. (local time)”, the Orange county Sheriff’s Department said on Friday.
Police pushed the protesters out as Trump supporters were leaving the rally but tensions escalated.
The protesters included a group of seven topless young women who wore only stickers to cover their breasts. Overall, the Sheriff’s department says the biggest issue they had was protesters blocking traffic.
“Thank you Costa Mesa, California!”
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If Trump can cause this kind of mayhem during primary season, imagine the damage he can do when we roll into a national presidential campaign. Trump was joined on stage by members of the Remembrance Project, an anti-immigration group that represents the families of those killed by illegal immigrants, according to RealClearPolitics.
