Hundreds of people with opposing opinions on President Donald Trump threw stones, lit fires, tossed explosives and tear gas and attacked each other with makeshift weapons as police stood by. One bank boarded up its ATM machines before the rally as a precaution.
"These Trump people are here because they want to start things", Jeff Vernon of Berkeley said.
Officers also said they came across several prohibited items including flagpoles, a knife, a stun gun, helmets and signs, and flags attached to poles.
Protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide Saturday to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest.
The downtown Berkeley BART station was also closed. "That officer has been treated and released at the scene".
The filing from Friday says accused assailant Alvin Bamberger "had no prior intention to act as he did" when he allegedly attacked a protester getting kicked out of the Louisville rally by Trump's demand. Ilene Singh said she and her friend, Geraldine Markowitz, took a bus from New Jersey to join the crowd and "say we care" about Trump's taxes.
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U.S. District Judge David Hale ruled on April 1 that there's ample evidence that could be seen as supporting allegations that the protesters' injuries were a "direct and proximate result" of Trump's actions.
According to Buzzfeed News, 200-300 people were estimated to be involved in the demonstrations and initially gathered in a local city park area before spilling into the streets of downtown.
Tax Day marches are scheduled in three North Carolina cities to protest President Donald Trump refusing to release his tax returns. "It's a challenge for us to keep that amount of demonstrators inside that area with the amount of people we had".
Trump, a billionaire property tycoon, released a financial statement but has kept his tax returns private, both during the election campaign and since taking office in January.
Activists in West Palm Beach, Florida, are rallying rally near Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort, where he plans to spend the Easter weekend.
More than 150 protest rallies and marches were held throughout the country in major cities, such as Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, and Philadelphia. "Now Tax Returns are brought up again?"
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