This weekend in the United States was marked by mass protests designed to stop the presidential policy of «zero tolerance» against illegal immigrants. The rally covered more than 100 cities across America. Has not managed and without collisions. In the village of Portland (Oregon) there was a fight between anti-fascistsopposed to Donald trump and members of the far-right organization «Patriotic prayer«.
According to preliminary data, both sides in the confrontation involved about 100 people. The conflict started after anti-fascists staged a rally under the title «Tell me loud and clear: immigrants are welcome here!«. At this time, on the next street has launched a campaign «For freedom«, organized by the leadership of «Patriotic prayer.» It is also noteworthy that the latter withdrew permission to hold a rally, as the participants brought with them bats, chains and smoke bombs.
The extreme right began to provoke the demonstration of opponents of «zero tolerance» by throwing them firecrackers. Anti-fascists have long ignored the attacks and soon responded with force. This protest quickly turned into a massive collision. In the course went the lid of garbage cans, bats, flagpoles and even knives. In total, the active phase of the conflict lasted about 30 minutes, after which the police dispersed the protesters. According to the latest data, injured more than 10 people.
To eliminate the mass brawl police have used pepper spray, grenades with rubber buckshot and other means of dealing with violent crowds. In the process of acceleration suffered one of the policemen, who were abandoned by the stone. 4 people were hospitalized.
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Major protests concerning the abolition of the policy of «zero tolerance», took place in Washington, Chicago, new York and Los Angeles. Depending on the city, the protesters gathered either from the buildings owned by the trump family, or immigration prisons. Some of the participants proposed to eliminate the Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE). Donald trump was forced to wait with the answer a few hours later and published a post on the social network Twitter. In it, he thanked the staff of ICE for their work.
