Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in California

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/LA Times

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday when an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused the female organizer of the event with pepper spray and was immediately set upon by a group of Trump supporters.

After spraying the march organizer, the man, wearing a black mask, was tackled by a group of flag-waving Trump supporters, who started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses at the scene.

The crowd then chased the man, who jumped over a fence and started running along Pacific Coast Highway, where he was detained by California Highway Patrol officers.

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The noontime rally and march at Bolsa Chica State Beach drew hundreds of flag-waving supporters of President Donald Trump.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/violence-erupts-at-pro-trump-rally-in-california/ar-BByM5PN?li=BBnb7Kz

[superpatriotman]

1. Stupid and childish

Investigate and prosecute if necessary.

[Freethinker65]

9. +1

Glad the person got caught.

[flying_wahini]

2. Why am I not surprised? But the very first (second) thing was "bet it's staged".

[nocalflea]

28. Yep.

Keep running into the "violent left " theme on social media . Great way to discredit dissent.
Thank god MLK Jr. understood this dynamic . (Sadly ,too much of white america still buys into the blacks are inherently violent myth. )

[Fast Walker 52]

32. and OF COURSE this will be the lead story on Breitbart and Fox

[Sunlei]

37. IMO, Bannon/kellyanne trump campaign 'team' breibart/fox are in the loop of black mask violence.

A lot of backpack,masked, 'dressed in black' were arrested during inauguration day WashingtonDC 'violence' & seem to be less active, fewer in numbers at protests after that day.

IMO, Bannon still has 24/7 "presidents ear" and Trump has personal contact with fox every single day

[Fast Walker 52]

39. I certainly wouldn't put it past them

they are all about projection, and they make a big deal about Dems/Soros paying fake protestors

[coco22]

41. I have been saying all along this is Breitbart..

and O'keefe is Behind it.

[Warpy]

3. Black mask? Pepper spray?

My bullshit-o-meter just got pinned.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[mdbl]

13. +2

[Leghorn21]

14. Aren't the black mask people called the "Black Bloc"? It feels like years ago (scary!!) , but

I believe this same black/clad black/masked group was present on inaug. Day in DC and at anti-Milo protest in Berkley and maybe one other "event"...

On edit - yeah, there's a million articles about them:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/black-bloc-protests-return-for-trump-era-leaving-flames-broken-windows-from-dc-to-berkeley/?utm_term=.94f5ce5a9e3c

[riversedge]

22. Thanks for article. It has some history of the Black Bloc movement.

[KittyWampus]

38. The ones wearing professional gear aren't Black Bloc. They are paid agitators.

[Fast Walker 52]

33. well, if he was arrested, will be good to learn some background on him

[Warpy]

42. That's one hell of a big "IF," cowboy

I lived through the 60s and 70s. The fRight wing hasn't changed their tactics.

[Fast Walker 52]

43. yes, I hear you. If they are sophisticated, no doubt they will keep names out of news

[still_one]

4. Protests are fine, but the moment someone starts the violence, those responsible for that, have

just invalidated their protest

[elleng]

5. Genuine, or a provacateur???

[still_one]

6. Could be either one, plus it could be an anarchist also, just to stir things up

It sounds like they caught him or her so it should be easy to determine

[mdbl]

16. probably a trump plant

they want to make themselves look like the victim instead of the perpetrators.

[still_one]

17. more likely than not

[zentrum]

11. Provacateur IMO.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Nihilists.

[winstars]

25. The Dude abides...

[Docreed2003]

27. Fucking nihilists...

[zentrum]

10. Doesn't sound like one of...

..our own at all. Black Flag. Someone from the Bannon side who wants to create a reason for a police state.

[elleng]

12. Yes, something like that.

[ProudLib72]

15. Black bloc

IMHO

[George II]

18. At least they caught the "anti-trump protester", and it was in California....

....so we can realistically find out if he was really a "protester" or a trump plant.

[red dog 1]

19. Kick for exposure!

WTF?

This guy is either insane, has a death wish, or is a paid agent provocateur.

[ismnotwasm]

20. Might be anarchists

They stir it up wherever they go.

[Scruffy1]

24. I know many anarchists.

The mainstream of anarchy would include the beliefs of Tolstoy, Bukinun, and many other non violent philosophers. All the ones I know are peaceful to the extreme, sometimes even when they are being assaulted. To most of them violence would betray their social principles. Simply put they would say that using violence would be another form of oppression and they don't want to be oppressors. It's not exactly a mainstream view, but I have worked with several on community policing and labor issues with no problem. it seems that only in America is anarchists always associated with violence instead of people who are simply opposed to being oppressed or oppressing others.
To me the black bloc is more like an impromptu street gang looking for a pointless rumble.

[longship]

21. Let's not jump off the cliff here with wild speculation.

At this time there is no reportage indicating anarchist or Trump insider involvement. Agent provocateurs? BAH!

Don't be like the TROOTHERS and buy into this likely utter bullshit. Let the story play out and let the journalists do their jobs. Some of you are reading like the certifiable Sandy Hook truthers.

[Igel]

23. It's natural.

The JCC threats all sort of were judged to be the work of white nationalist Trump supporters.

Some probably were. But a good part of them turned out to be perpetrated by neither.

When suspicions are judged to be facts, then accepting "fake news" is automatic.

[Initech]

26. Funny how the violence is *ALWAYS* on their side.

You know when people show up to a rally with ski masks and crowbars, they're not there to hold hands and sing kumbaya.

[yuiyoshida]

29. OMG, I used to live in Huntington Beach and know

Bolsa Chica at Warner ave. Its sicking to know there were Trump supporters even in the area... bleh...

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Video and description here:

In case it gets taken down, here's the synopsis: While protestors are chanting "USA! USA!" a Trump supporter points to a man in a Desert Storm cap and tells his friend (let's call him Trump Friend) that the cap-wearing fellow (let's call him Cap Guy) pushed a woman down. Trump Friend then shoves Cap Guy, at which point a young man wearing a black beanie tries to intervene. Trump Friend then starts punching the young man, with other Trump supporters jumping in.

The young man? Weekly intern Tristan. Cap Guy? Weekly photographer Brian Feinzimer. His alleged push of a woman? He took away a flag from a lady who had swatted Weekly photographer Julie Leopo with it, then was waving it wildly in front of Feinzimer's camera. He threw it on the ground; she grabbed onto him. he raised his arm to get her away; she fell to the ground. There, she found her flag, tried to whack it at Feinzimer, and walked away to wave the flag elsewhere.

This is when Trump Friend Jumps in. Sterling pushed Trump Friend away from Tristan. Then, a man in a gray shirt grabbed Tristan by the jacket and began punching him in the head and face. Sterling then tried to push away Gray Shirt Guy, at which point an anarchist used pepper spray to get Gray Shirt Guy but also got Sterling and others on the scene. (see the entire chain of events, starting with the flag-waving lady, at 7:00 of this KTTV-TV Channel 11 chopper video).

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/huntington-beach-pro-trump-march-turns-into-attack-on-anti-trump-protesters-press-7991623

I doubt that's staged in any way - too chaotic. Sterling was doing the right thing, trying to stop people from her side punching counter protestors. The guy with the pepper spray didn't have justification for using it - "Gray Shirt Guy", while he had thrown punches before, wasn't within reach of anyone apart from Sterling when the spray was used - the sides had parted.

[PeacefulPeavey]

31. plenty of pictures of their faces

cant a trump rally is happening in any place in California, but at least their is plenty of exposure of the agent provocateurs faces - should be easy enough to identify them!

[Fast Walker 52]

34. welcome to DU!

[Sunlei]

36. The main ones who start violence, break glass, pry up bricks- always are masked.

[Sunlei]

35. more of the same "the man, wearing a black mask" fake & violent troublemakers "someone"

SOMEONE organizes and sends that team to as many trump protests as possible to foment violence- create headlines and media photos.

That Team of violent, black dressed, backpacked, masked people even have their own professional cameramen IN the team.

[coco22]

40. Can't wait till this summer..

[Henry Krinkle]

44. Tips and tricks from an ANTIFA/Black Bloc veteran

[Kablooie]

45. Looks like the Trumpees attacked first and the pepper spray was used in defense.

A newspaper intern and photographer were attacked.
The counter demonstrators got involved to try and break it up.
The Trumpee woman was also trying to help break it up and was sprayed by accident, according to the article.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trump-rally-20170326-story.html