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   From: go-trump@abc.com   
      
   A group of anti-Trump demonstrators used gas canisters, rocks   
   and bottles to assault police Tuesday night and create havoc at   
   what officials said was mostly a peaceful protest in Phoenix.   
      
   Video captured by a local reporter also shows a smoking object   
   being thrown at police while hundreds of officers attempted to   
   keep order at a rally after President Trump's speech at the   
   Phoenix Convention Center had ended.   
      
   "A very small number of individuals chose criminal conduct,"   
   Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams told reporters late Tuesday.   
      
   The individuals broke down fencing and "at one point dispersed   
   gas into and at the police officers," Williams said. "They had   
   their own gas they threw at police, not our gas."   
      
   The violence resembled the mayhem perpetrated by Antifa groups,   
   militant far-left "anti-fascist" groups that have protested   
   Trump at other venues.   
      
   Local Phoenix officers dressed in riot gear finally had to   
   disperse pepper balls and tear gas at the crowds. Officers first   
   directed pepper spray at individual protesters before they   
   deployed a larger-scale gas.   
      
   "Officers were forced then at that time to really protect   
   themselves, to protect the community, to protect property and   
   they did so successfully and professionally," Williams said.   
      
   Four people were arrested in connection with the protest, and   
   two of those were charged with aggravated assault on a police   
   officer.   
      
   A reporter with the Arizona Republic captured video of a lit   
   object being thrown toward police officers from a crowd of   
   people gathered in downtown Phoenix. The video shows the object   
   begins smoking after striking a police officer.   
      
   Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton described the event as a largely   
   civil celebration of First Amendment rights -- with tens of   
   thousands of demonstrators -- but noted a "very small number of   
   people" who chose to engage in "acts of assault on our police   
   officers."   
      
   Stanton said the group used gas, rocks and bottles and called   
   the incident "very, very unfortunate."   
      
   "I don't think they're affiliated with any organization,"   
   Stanton said of the individuals arrested.   
      
   "Thank God no one was hurt here tonight," he told reporters,   
   noting that two officers were treated for heat exhaustion.   
      
   Similar incidents among anti-Trump protesters have been reported   
   at other rallies across the country.   
      
   In June, an arsenal of weaponry -- including clubs, knives,   
   bricks and what look like spears -- were seized by police in   
   Portland, Ore., when rival political groups clashed during a pro-   
   Trump, free-speech rally. Law enforcement clad in riot gear had   
   to shield themselves from rocks and other projectiles thrown by   
   anti-Trump protesters, according to local news outlets.   
      
   At one point during the Portland demonstrations, several anti-   
   Trump protesters – black-clad and masked – were seen waving an   
   "Antifascist Action" flag at pro-Trump activists.   
      
   Antifa groups have come under fire in the wake of the violence   
   at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Many have   
   said Antifa demonstrators played a significant role in the   
   violent clashes in Charlottesville and at other events across   
   the country.   
      
   A White House petition, meanwhile, is demanding that the Trump   
   administration officially label Antifa a "terror group." As of   
   Wednesday, the petition had more than double the 100,000   
   signatures needed to merit a formal response from the White   
   House.   
      
   Kill a couple each time and the rest will get the message.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/23/protesters-at-trumps-   
   phoenix-rally-used-gas-canisters-rocks-to-assault-police.html   
      
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