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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VIA AP
Jennifer Sterling, one of the organizers of the pro-Trump rally, reacted after getting hit with pepper spray by a counter-protester today.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. >> A scuffle broke out on a Southern California beach where supporters of President Donald Trump were marching when counter-protesters doused organizers with pepper spray, authorities said today.
The violence erupted when the march of about 2,000 people at Bolsa Chica State Beach reached a group of about 30 counter-protesters, some of whom began spraying the irritant, said Capt. Kevin Pearsall of the California State Parks Police. Three people were arrested on suspicion of illegal use of pepper spray and a fourth person was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery, he said.
Two people suffered minor injuries that didn’t require medical attention, Pearsall said.
An anti-Trump protester who allegedly used the eye irritant was kicked and punched in the sand by a group of Trump supporters, the Los Angeles Times reported (goo.gl/3C88wT).
Counter-protesters said before the march began that they planned to try to stop the march’s progress with a “human wall.”
Earlier this month, a rally in Berkeley, Calif., in support of Trump turned violent, and his supporters clashed with counter-protesters in several fights that led to the arrest of 10 people and left at least seven people injured.
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