Supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters in San Diego on Saturday, prompting police to declare the meeting an illegal assembly because of acts of violence
SAN DIEGO – Supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters in San Diego on Saturday, prompting police to declare the meeting an illegal assembly because of acts of violence.
The officers were hit with stones, bottles and eggs, the police said, and the crowd directed pepper spray at them.
KSWB-TV tweeted a video of over-the-counter protesters, most of them dressed in black and waving an antifa flag, throwing a folding chair and spraying a chemical irritant on a smaller group of people participating in the march on the Pacific Beach boardwalk.
The station said that in other cases, members of both groups pushed and threw objects at each other.
The police sent dozens of police officers with shock equipment to separate the two groups. Police asked residents to stay away from the area and warned that those who refuse to disperse could be summoned or arrested.