Approximately 20 people were arrested Thursday night outside a Donald Trump campaign rally in Orange County, California Thursday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
At the rally, held at the Orange County Amphitheater, Trump vowed to enact tough policies against illegal immigration, Reuters
reports. The Los Angeles Times reports that protestors blocked roads and smashed the window of a police cruiser.
According to the newspaper, residents also threw rocks at
motorists, put holes in the tires of a police SUV, and even attempted to
flip a police vehicle as a proclamation of their opposition to the GOP
front-runner. The protest occurred after Trump's rally had ended.
Some of the protestors reportedly came equipped with American and
Mexican flags, which they waved in the air, amongst signs that read,
"Dump the Trump."
"I'm protesting because I want equal rights for everybody, and I want peaceful protest," Daniel Lujan, 19, told the Times. "I knew this was going to happen. It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets."
According to CBS,
around 3,000 people participated in the protest, some of which
surrounded at least one civilian's vehicle. However, the network reports
that police did not respond in an aggressive manner.
Attempting to control the situation, officers wearing riot gear
reportedly rode atop gorses as the formed a line across the road and
slowly eased the crowd down the street, further from the site.
One Trump supporter Colby Nicholson, who traveled from San Diego for the
rally, stood by in his "Make America Great Again" attire, telling the Times,
"These people are stupid but Americans are not stupid in general. These
are all underage Mexican high schoolers who have nothing to do."
The Orange County sheriff's department lieutenant, Mark
Stichter, also took to Twitter revealing that a few protestors had been
detained, but it wasn't immediately clear how many would arrested and
booked.
At nearly 11 p.m. local time, Stichter shared another update saying that protestors had started to disband.-People.com
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