He was pepper-sprayed and chased; police protected Gibson with their bodies after a purple smoke bomb was thrown, presumably by the anarchists. Video shot by a Mother Jones reporter showed a beat-down by people in black of a Donald Trump supporter. A KTVU reporter had her camera shoved out of her hand by people dressed in black. The few Trump supporters who came to Berkeley were chased off the streets, including a Latino man holding a “God Bless Donald Trump” sign. Several other people also yelled at the man, who said he was born in Mexico but supports Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the southern border.
Fox 2 Bay Area, “Anarchists create menacing mood in Berkeley; 13 arrested, six injured”
