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BREAKING: Antifa assault families and children at Christian prayer event in Portland park Antifa, carrying shields and weapons, attacked a group of Christians, including young children, who were congregating in Portland. A large group of Antifa carrying shields and melee weapons attacked a group of Evangelical Christians congregating for a prayer and worship event at the waterfront in downtown Portland, Ore. Video recorded at the scene showed children and families running away as black-clad Antifa militants tore apart the sound equipment and assaulted attendees with pepper spray and projectiles. --snip-- Shocking video recorded at the violent event show dozens of...

As Cleveland prepares to host the Republican National Convention this summer, it's bidding on millions of dollars of security equipment and tactical gear for its police.

Radio hosts from the New York station that hosted a major hip-hop concert where crowds clashed with police in a parking lot have condemned unruly fans. Laura Stylez of the Hot 97 morning show criticized the people who threw bottles at police in northern New Jersey Sunday night. DJ Ebro Darden said Monday that fans also shouldn't have tried to jump the fence to get inside the venue.

The two oldest men arrested in the melee received surprises during their bail hearings before Duval County Judge James Ruth when both were released, one to join the U.S. Army as he had planned, the other to take part in remedial programs as part of an order to stay away from the marketplace. The fights appear to have begun when an off-duty police officer was rushed by a group of teens and young adults at the movie theater’s entrance and had to fend them off with pepper spray, police said. Then it escalated into a crowd estimated at about 600.

SEATTLE - Five officers were assaulted Saturday night when they tried to break up a drunken brawl at a large baptism celebration at the South Park Community Center, police said. The drama unfolded shortly before midnight when officers responded to reports of a disturbance at the center, located off 8th Avenue South near S. Thistle Street, said Seattle police spokeswoman Renee Witt. Arriving at the scene, officers found that "abundant alcohol" was being served inside, and several of the celebrants had begun fighting, Witt said. But when officers tried to break up the fighting, they were attacked by the crowd....

Three people were arrested Saturday night when a melee that a police spokesman described as a "mini-riot" broke out in downtown Minneapolis after a teen dance party. Dozens of police officers from Minneapolis, the State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies responded to a chaotic scene after the Big Bash 2 party, which was held in an exhibition hall next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 1300 Nicollet Mall. At about 10 p.m., police responded to a report that hotel security employees were fighting with event-goers, said police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer. Shortly after that, partygoers began moving north on...

IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) — Six people face charges after an anti-violence rally in northern New Jersey allegedly turned into a melee. Wednesday night's march in Irvington — which was intended to honor two women who were fatally shot near a school in the Essex County community last week — began peacefully. But Police Chief Michael Chase told The Star-Ledger of Newark that tempers flared when members of the Newark's Anti-Violence Coalition tried to move the demonstration into the street, despite an officer's warning to stay on the sidewalk.

A massive layoff of teachers and support staff at D.C. public schools triggered chaos outside of McKinley High School Friday afternoon. The melee happened after school let out, as students and parents filled McKinley's parking. Many were upset about the layoffs of 388 school employees, including 229 teachers. "The students were emotional, you know, they were upset to see their teachers being escorted by the police officers, knowing that they did nothing," said Saymendy Lloyd, a parent activist. "Why do you choose to do it at the time the children are out there and you do not expect to have...

SPRING VALLEY LAKE • What possibly started as a fight over a crow led to a melee involving at least 50 people during Spring Valley Lake’s Family Festival, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Victor Valley station officials. Two groups of people were barbecuing along the east beach near Spring Valley Parkway and Country Club Drive on Saturday night when a member of the first group kicked a crow that was hopping around their area, said Stella Hodson, spokeswoman for the Victor Valley station. “Someone from the second group took exception to the abuse of the bird and confronted the...

SEATTLE - Two police officers were assaulted by women as they responded to a huge brawl aboard a cruise ship early Sunday on the Seattle waterfront. The officers responded to the scene at about 1:40 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about a large-scale disturbance aboard a cruise ship docked in the 1100 block of Alaskan Way. When police arrived, they found a chaotic scene of more than 100 people on the dock, many of them shouting and arguing. Officers then learned that some passengers were still physically fighting aboard the ship. Officers moved to the dock to begin clearing...

A fight between rival groups of black and Latino students at Locke High School quickly escalated into a campus-wide melee Friday, with as many as 600 students brawling until police restored calm with billy clubs. The troubled campus in South Los Angeles was locked down after the fight broke out at 12:55 p.m., as students returned from lunch to their fifth-period classes. Overwhelmed school officials called Los Angeles police for help, but students and faculty said it took about half an hour before dozens of officers, many in riot gear, restored order. "The kids were crazy, running from place to...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A coach in a videotaped Pee Wee football brawl was charged with misdemeanor assault Tuesday, prosecutors said. An amateur video shows Robert Watson, 39, charging onto a field and tackling an 18-year-old referee. The video goes on to show a mob of parents surrounding them in a melee. Assistant District Attorney James Sales said prosecutors had been waiting for photos relating to the brawl from the Corpus Christi Police Department. "You always like to see the injury," he said. "Basically, it's a black eye." The video, taken during a Nov. 4 Super Bowl game of 5-...

SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield man is being held on $10,000 cash bail after starting a courtroom melee during a murder case hearing on Monday, according to court records. Vandrell Johnson, 24, of 29 Rush St., pleaded innocent in Springfield District Court yesterday before Judge William J. Boyle on charges of assault and battery and disrupting court proceedings. He is being held at the Hampden County Correctional Facility in Ludlow. At a motion hearing of a murder case at about 12:45 p.m. on Monday, Johnson, a spectator, charged after the two of the case's defendants, Aaron Lester and Derrick Washington, as...

There were no winners on a youth rugby field this weekend. A Rohnert Park girls rugby coach and his brother could face criminal charges, possibly this week, for their roles in kicking Alameda girls rugby coach Craig Stewart in the head and punching stand-in referee Paul Berman in the face three times. Another Alameda assistant coach also sustained rib injuries.Seven others, possibly parents or spectators, also could face criminal charges, police said. The Northern California Rugby Football Union suspended all of the players and coaches in the Rohnert Park rugby programs, effective Monday. The victims, meanwhile, are not only gashed...

Julie Haener interviewing a Sgt. Ganer who reports that one arrest and two detainments have accompanied suppression of a "melee" or some kind of conflagration between groups of people celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Richmond, CA, a San Francisco suburb. (Map.)

Inside Column "A Picture's Worth..." by Ken Fowler It's tough to describe adequately a powerful picture with pedestrian words, but there are some times when it's worth trying. One I saw Saturday night deserves the effort, as it accomplishes what only the great pieces of art do - it tells the story of something seemingly unrelated to the subject matter that is terribly important. On the left, this photo shows Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and first lady Laura Bush smiling at reporters as they enter the ballroom in which an APEC gala dinner is about to commence. To the right,...

Baseball's big party got thrown a curveball before it even began. Officials from the sports world and the city government were in Union Station today to confirm what was already widely known -- that the Expos are being re-named the Washington Nationals. But before the media event got underway, D-C Statehood Green Party member Adam Eidinger jumped onto the stage holding a sign protesting Mayor Tony Williams' planned stadium deal. Eidinger was jumped by several men, including former Washington Senators announcer Charlie Brotman. A tussle ensued, and the podium nearly fell over, before security managed to drag Eidinger off stage....

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Indiana's Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson charged into the stands and fought with fans in the final minute of their game against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, and the brawl forced an early and ugly end to the Pacers' 97-82 win. Officials stopped the game with 45.9 seconds remaining after pushing and shoving between the teams spilled into the stands once fans got involved by throwing things at the players near the scorer's table.

More deputies will be at Lexington County high school football games after what police said was a near riot involving 250 young people Friday at Irmo High School's stadium. Officers had to draw their guns, but no shots were fired. Three deputies were hurt. Four teenagers and two adults were arrested, one of whom had gang ties, police said. The police report described the disturbance as "a life or death situation." Sheriff James Metts said Monday he doesn't recall a school disturbance on this scale in his 38 years of law enforcement in Lexington County. Two dozen officers eventually were...