LOS ANGELES – In what may unfortunately provide a sign of what to expect in Cleveland when it hosts the Republican National Convention in July, protesters opposed to Donald Trump showed up en-masse at a events in southern California, clashing with police, bloodying Trump supporters and pelting passing motorists with rocks.
Video of melees in Costa Mesa Thursday night and Burlingame Friday, much of the footage captured and spread by social media as well as traditional news outlets, shows scenes of anger and chaos, with some waving Mexican flags. The first outbreak of chaos occurred in Costa Mesa as Trump backers tried to leave a rally where the New York billionaire and GOP frontrunner spoke.