sacbee | A rally by a small group of neo-Nazi demonstrators at the state
Capitol on Sunday erupted into a violent clash with protesters that left
at least 10 people injured – five of them stabbed – and closed down
streets as more than 100 police in riot gear and on horseback intervened
to halt the mayhem.
Demonstrators battled with sticks, protest
signs and other weapons as the Traditionalist Worker Party group – which
said it wanted to assist supporters of presumptive Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump – began setting up for a scheduled
noon rally on the west steps of the Capitol.
Even before the event
began, clashes broke out at numerous locations around the Capitol
grounds among the 400 people gathered for and against the rally, which
had been heavily promoted – and denounced – in recent days on various
websites. Injuries were reported on both sides of the altercation.
“We
had some pretty dynamic and chaotic situations,” said Sacramento Fire
Department spokesman Chris Harvey, who arrived as a public information
officer and quickly found himself working as a paramedic.
“We had a
number of times where we had a patient on the ground and crews were
trying to do triage and take care of them and the chaos was enveloping
them. They were surrounded by the CHP and police officers just trying to
keep the general surge of people away.”
Witnesses said the violence erupted at different locations around the
Capitol grounds, hindering the initial law enforcement response as
confrontations began before the event was scheduled to start.
The
first sign of violence came just before 11 a.m., when KCRA reporter Mike
Luery and his cameraman were caught in an altercation with anti-fascist
protesters shouting “no cameras” and demanding they leave.
“We’re
not causing the problem; your belligerent people are causing the
problem,” Luery told the crowd before someone knocked his mike from his
hand and others tried to grab the camera. The pair were eventually
shoved out of the crowd and crossed the street away from the protesters.
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Fleece Johnson nonsense....,
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