Posted on 04/30/2016 3:05:06 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Hundreds of anti-Donald Trump protesters crowded the streets near the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame as the presidential candidate arrived for the Republican convention.
A man wearing a Trump campaign "Make America Great Again" red hat was struck while being jostled by a group of shouting protesters.
"It went gangbusters. They attacked me," said Chris Conway, who identified himself as mortgage broker from San Mateo.
A dozen protesters linked arms to block the road in front of the hotel near San Francisco International Airport, but no one was using the street because police had already closed it to traffic. Protesters also draped a large "Stop Hate" banner outside the hotel.
After Trump took the podium, he described having to take a complicated detour to get into the venue due to the rowdy protesters outside.
"That was not the easiest entrance I've ever made... it felt like I was crossing the border actually," he said.
Barricades were set up Thursday night around the Hyatt Regency, where organizers were excited that Trump was kicking off the convention. But if it's anything like Southern California's events, it could be a wild weekend.
About 20 people were arrested by Costa Mesa police Thursday night as Trump protesters and supporters took to the streets outside Orange County Fairgrounds, where the Republican presidential candidate was speaking....
At one point, seven shirtless women wearing Bernie Sanders stickers over their breasts entered the square outside the amphitheater. They said they were protesting Trump's lack of engagement on issues of gender equality and women's rights.
In Burlingame, police have spent a month planning and asked for help from every agency in the county and also state and federal officials.
Donald Trump was set to speak around 12:45 p.m. John Kasich is scheduled to speak in the evening,...
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The sound system could be a highly effective and safe method of crowd dispersal.
I could not believe the damn CA cops let those Mexican punks trash police cars etc. The should have gone in with clubs and beat the crap out of them after they started their property destruction. I would have fired one warning shot in the air, read them the riot act and ordered them to go home now or they’d be shot. You cannot allow those being protected by the secret service to get near this. Piss poor police in CA or their bosses.
Exactly. And they’d all be arrested.
It’s there bosses. There is a long standing orders to let the mexicans do what they want.
Affirmative Action.
Love it! How long before Cruz chastises him for "unhelpful rhetoric" on this one?????
Cops are told what to do. Look at Ferguson.
Do you think every person who deserved to be arrested there, was arrested?
It’s the local, county, state, and federal government handing down the orders to stand back and watch these hooligans destroy property.
Okay, thank you.
Sadly true.
When citizens reelect state, city, and county types who allow this-they deserve it.
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