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Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed
LA Times ^ | 29 Apr 2016 | Ruben Vives , Matt Pearce and Matt Hamilton

Posted on 04/29/2016 7:39:32 AM PDT by mandaladon

Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to the Republican presidential candidate.

Traffic came to a halt as a boisterous crowd walked in the roadway, some waving American and Mexican flags. Protesters smashed a window on at least one police cruiser, punctured the tires of a police sport utility vehicle, and at one point tried to flip a police car.

About five police cars were damaged in total, police said, adding that some will require thousands of dollars' worth of repairs.

"Dump the Trump," one sign read. Another protester scrawled anti-Trump messages on Costa Mesa police cars.

"I'm protesting because I want equal rights for everybody, and I want peaceful protest," said 19-year-old Daniel Lujan, one of hundreds in a crowd that appeared to be mostly Latinos in their late teens and 20s.

"I knew this was going to happen," Lujan added. "It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets." Video footage showed some anti-Trump demonstrators hurling debris at a passing pickup truck. One group of protesters carried benches and blocked the entrance to the 55 Freeway along Newport Boulevard, with some tossing rocks at motorists near the on-ramp.

By 10:15 p.m., the bedlam had largely subsided and Lt. Mark Stichter of the Orange County sheriff's department said no major injuries were reported.

Costa Mesa police confirmed that a total of 17 people -- 10 males and 7 females -- were arrested on suspicion of unlawful assembly. Details on the ages and names of those arrested were not released.

The violent demonstration was underway after Trump concluded his speech before a crowd of thousands.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; burlingame; california; election2016; elections; mexico; newyork; tedblamesdonald; trump
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Holding a Mexican flag, Juan Carlos, 16, said his parents came to the U.S. from Mexico and that he was protesting to support others like him.

"Donald Trump is worthless," Carlos said. "There won't be no United States without Mexicans.".....................Oh so we should be grateful for the Mexicans?

1 posted on 04/29/2016 7:39:32 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

The fight’s going to be long and dirty.

But I suspect the patriots are up for it.

Lock and load, baby.


2 posted on 04/29/2016 7:41:25 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: mandaladon

How many of those “protesters” should be immediately deported? My bet 99%, but Barry will releases them like he did 86,000 other illegals convicted of crimes over last couple years.


3 posted on 04/29/2016 7:41:46 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: mandaladon

Not a “protest” LAT.

Riot.

Stop trying to put lipstick on the liberal pigs.


4 posted on 04/29/2016 7:42:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: mandaladon

They’re warming up for Cinco de Mayo...


5 posted on 04/29/2016 7:42:34 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mandaladon

Exactly why we need Trump’s wall...These are the people who sneak across...Nothing but trouble and problems...

Thank you for really showing once more how worthless you people really are....


6 posted on 04/29/2016 7:42:36 AM PDT by JBW1949
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To: mandaladon

Too bad they just can’t shoot these bastards instead of letting them get away with this BS....


7 posted on 04/29/2016 7:43:05 AM PDT by 1217Chic
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To: mandaladon

“Round ‘em Up

. . . .

Head ‘em Out.”


8 posted on 04/29/2016 7:43:23 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: mandaladon

I remember all of the rioting, property destruction, and arrests that happened at the last Bernie and Clinton rallies conducted by conservatives - NOT.


9 posted on 04/29/2016 7:43:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: mandaladon

Why didn’t they mimic the US way south of the border? Maybe we gringos are supporting them?


10 posted on 04/29/2016 7:43:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: mandaladon

Ahh, another day, another example of ‘communication’ from liberals - do as we say, or we’ll hurt you.


11 posted on 04/29/2016 7:45:55 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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“It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets.”

Because everyone knows that CRIMINAL INVADERS are still CRIMINALS, and well that’s just what CRIMINALS do COMMIT CRIMES!!


12 posted on 04/29/2016 7:47:26 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: mandaladon
And why say "boisterous" crowd when the truth is that it was a vicious"crowd?

bois·ter·ous.
ADJECTIVE

1.(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy:

synonyms: lively · animated · exuberant · spirited · rambunctious ·

vi·cious
ADJECTIVE

1.deliberately cruel or violent: "a vicious assault"

synonyms: brutal · ferocious · savage · violent · dangerous

13 posted on 04/29/2016 7:47:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: mandaladon

I believe there would be no Mexico without the good graces of the US to get off their necks at the end of the Mexican War.


14 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:04 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: mandaladon

Summer starts soon. Communist agitators will go from state to state disturbing the civil order.


15 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:28 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: mandaladon

And to run the French out in 1865 after our “distraction” ended.


16 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:35 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: mandaladon

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2015 decided not to deport but release 19,723 criminal illegal immigrants, including 208 convicted of murder, over 900 convicted of sex crimes and 12,307 of drunk driving, according to new government numbers.

Overall, those released into virtually every state and territory of America had a total of 64,197 convictions among them, for an average of 3.25 convictions each, according to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies. ICE also said that the group were convicted of 8,234 violent crimes.


17 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:47 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: mandaladon

An example of Obama’s Foreign Policy ,bring as many foreigners to the US as possible and let them run wild


18 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: mandaladon

“boisterous crowd” sounds like a football tailgate party. Imagine the terms they would have used if it was white middle class doing that against Hillary or Bernie or even our Emperor.


19 posted on 04/29/2016 7:49:32 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: mandaladon

Take back Disneyland from Mexico. And for those waving the Mexican flag, take that Mexican flag and wipe your illiterate butts with it and go back to corrupt and cartel run Mexico and don’t turn us into you, you pathetic dupes of fascism.


20 posted on 04/29/2016 7:49:42 AM PDT by ShivaFan
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