{"id":31922,"date":"2017-03-27T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T09:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31922"},"modified":"2017-03-27T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T09:31:11","slug":"fights-erupt-at-pro-donald-trump-rally-on-california-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31922","title":{"rendered":"Fights erupt at pro-Donald Trump rally on California beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"clash5\"Pro-Trump demonstrators round on an anti-Trump protestor during scuffle at a rally in Huntington Beach, California.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Donald Trump supporters holding a rally on a popular southern Californian beach have clashed with counter-protesters, leading to the arrest of four people, law enforcement said.<\/p>\n

Multiple fights broke out and at least one Trump supporter was doused with pepper spray on Saturday when pro-Trump demonstrators marching along Bolsa Chica state beach encountered a small group opposed to the Republican president who had gathered to denounce the rally.Four counter-protesters were arrested, three for illegal use of pepper spray and one for assault and battery, Kevin Pearsall, a spokesman for the California state parks police, said on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

The fights appeared to start in the early afternoon when around a dozen anti-Trump protesters dressed in all black refused to move from a bike path to allow a larger group of pro-Trump supporters taking part in the Make America Great Again rally to pass. The confrontation escalated into a fight with more skirmishes quickly breaking out.<\/p>\n

At least one person was pepper-sprayed by an anti-Trump protester, Pearsall said. Park police estimated that 2,000 Trump supporters flocked to the stretch of coastline located south of the ocean-side community of Huntington Beach. Around 20 counter-protesters attended, Pearsall said.<\/p>\n

Known as Surf City, USA, Huntington Beach is located some 40 miles (64 km) south of Los Angeles.Video footage from social media uploaded to the Los Angeles Times\u2019 website showed a chaotic scene with men fighting in the sand and a group of around 20 Trump supporters, some carrying Trump flags, chasing a man in a black mask away from the beach and on to a freeway. The man was stopped by members of the California highway patrol, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n

The masked man had used pepper spray on a female rally organiser and was set upon by a group of Trump supporters, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

Demonstrations denouncing the Trump administration have drawn hundreds of thousands since he took office in January. Smaller rallies have been staged across the country in support of Trump.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Trump praised his supporters on Twitter: \u201cThanks you for all of the Trump Rallies today. Amazing support. We will all MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pro-Trump demonstrators round on an anti-Trump protestor during scuffle at a rally in Huntington Beach, California. Donald Trump supporters holding a rally on a popular southern Californian beach have clashed with counter-protesters, leading to the arrest of four people, law enforcement said. Multiple fights broke out and at least one Trump supporter was doused with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n