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SAN DIEGO, (APP/AFP): Thousands of pro- and anti-Donald
Trump demonstrators faced off Friday outside a rally for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in San Diego.
Authorities said 12 people were arrested, including one for trying to
climb over a railing, but there was no major violence or mass arrests as at Trump rallies in other cities.
Following the real-estate magnate’s speech inside the city’s
convention center, police ordered the crowd to disperse, judging it an unlawful assembly.
But many demonstrators from both camps refused to leave hours after the event was over.
Skirmishes erupted as both sides jeered and heckled each other, with
some protesters throwing water bottles and rocks.
One pro-Trump demonstrator was seen using pepper spray against
another demonstrator.
Dozens of police officers in riot gear and carrying batons stood
between the two groups and at one point moved in to force the crowd to leave the area around the convention center.
One anti-Trump supporter who apparently refused to heed police calls
to clear the area was seen being tackled to the ground before being handcuffed and dragged away.
Authorities in San Diego earlier designated separate demonstration
zones for the two sides to prevent them mixing.
Protests in New Mexico turned violent on Tuesday, prompting fears of a similar outbreak of violence at Trump’s campaign appearances in California this week.