Posted on 04/29/2016 4:34:57 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
A protest outside a campaign rally for Donald J. Trump in Costa Mesa, Calif., turned violent late Thursday night, as the crowd smashed a police car, the authorities closed nearby streets and officers arrested about 20 people.
The unrest erupted outside an amphitheater where Mr. Trump, the favorite in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, was addressing several thousand supporters, according to the Orange County Sheriffs Department.
There were no major injuries, and the Sheriffs Department reported on Twitter that the protest was over and that the crowds had dispersed around 11 p.m., after officers on horseback pushed people away from the amphitheater at the OC Fair & Event Center.
Video from Los Angeles-area television stations and photographs from The Los Angeles Times captured the mayhem, including efforts by some of the mostly young protesters to turn over a patrol car.
At least one confrontation with a Trump supporter turned bloody, and other protesters threw rocks and beer bottles while chanting anti-Trump slogans.
Many of the protesters said they had come to express their opposition to Mr. Trumps proposal to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border and his comments about immigrants from Mexico in general.
I knew this was going to happen, Daniel Lujan, 19, told The Los Angeles Times. It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Build it higher...
Come Monday It’ll be all right,
Come Monday I’ll be holding you tight.
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze
and I just want you back by my side.
Filthy lowlife scumbag mescins alert.
George Soros paid operatives attack peaceful Trump rally attendees
I knew this was going to happen, Daniel Lujan, 19, told The Los Angeles Times. It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets.
Scary.
People are not happy with the prospect of having their feet stepped on by a horse, so they will instinctively get out of the way.
Lyin’ NY Times, “several thousand” there were 31,000 inside and a couple more thousand outside who couldn’t get in.
At least they worded it to indicate it wasn’t the Trump folks doing the violence.
& it’s only going to get worse.
Did you know that it is illegal for a foreigner to go to Mexico and even comment on politics and policy there? But Mexicans can come here and make demands and protest and riot. If America is such a bad place, then the rioters can go back home to Mexico.
You mean the Latin American natives, presumably.
“& its only going to get worse.”
Agree.
Their unabashed self-righteousness in committing violent crimes against political opponents suggests the worse is yet to come.
I knew this was going to happen, Daniel Lujan, 19, told The Los Angeles Times. It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets.
On the other hand, you DIDN'T get what you deserve....but you will.
GET 'EM OUT!
“And if the right Trump supporters are there, YOU will get what you deserve. “
Let’s not kid ourselves. They will get away with murder, but any violent or even non-violent action taken against anti-trump protesters will be met with full jack-booted prosecution and 24/7 media replay.
“(Full Disclosure: I am not a Trump supporter but will vote for toe fungus before I cast a ballot for Hillary)”
The enemy of my enemy is my FRiend.
Have carlycruz chimed in yet to comment on the violent Trump supporters?
You WILL be deported almost immediately if you do so down there.
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