Anti-Trump protest turns into a massive brawl: Twenty one are arrested after hundreds of Tax Day protesters trade punches with Donald supporters in Berkeley

Sunday, April 16, 2017
By Paul Martin

By ABIGAIL MILLER
DAILYMAIL.COM
16 April 2017

At least 21 people have been arrested after violence broke out Saturday between groups of Trump supporters and detractors holding rallies in downtown Berkeley, according to police.

Hundreds of people with opposing opinions on President Donald Trump threw stones, lit fires, tossed explosives and tear gas and attacked each other with makeshift weapons as police stood by.

Violence escalated when counter-protesters against a pro-Trump ‘Patriots Day’ rally broke through netting separating the two groups in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr Civic Center Park.

This is the third time that violent confrontations have broken out on the city’s streets in recent months.

Supporters of the president attended a ‘Patriots Day’ rally, which was organized by the Liberty Revival Alliance, potentially as a counterpoint to Tax Marches being held in cities across the country.

About 250 police officers were deployed on Saturday afternoon as violence broke out among more than 200 protesters. Officials in Berkeley sought assistance from the nearby Oakland Police Department, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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