A rally in San Diego, CA for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump took place last week, but reports and footage of the violence that took place there are just getting noticed now. Namely, photographs have come out that show Trump supporters hitting protesters with pepper spray, to accompany a video posted on YouTube of one such supporter gleefully pepper spraying a man at the same rally.
Gawker has featured the pictures of photographer Jimi Giannatti, who attended the May 27th San Diego rally, and got close ups of the victims after the pepper spray attack. One featured photo shows a woman closing her eyes in pain, with saliva dripping out of her mouth, while another shows a young man pouring water into his eyes to alleviate his discomfort.
Giannatti tells Gawker that anti-Trump protesters weren’t allowed to approach the San Diego Convention Center, where Trump held his rally, but that afterwards, supporters were allowed to harass the protesters without getting stopped by police. He also
provided commentary on his photos:
In my photo you see the aftermath to where some extremely passionate, Hispanic anti-Trumpers were defending their choice to protest Trump to the hating pro-Trumpers and were met by a sneak attack, completely acting in concert, spraying of pepper spray by the two guys in the pic. The pepper spray went everywhere – you cans see it’s direction bending in the shot by the strong winds that day – Several people, including myself, experienced an instant burning in our lungs an extreme burning to our eyes.
Wow. So you’re going to put the blame on Trump supporters when the rioters in San Jose damaged cars, burnt Trump supporters’ property, threw eggs at women and children, and punched supporters? What total denial! Paid rioters attacking Trump supporters at every rally yet you put the blame on Trump supporters. The rioting thugs also threw rocks at police officers in San Diego but noooo, it’s Trump’s fault. Go get a clue.
I stopped reading after I saw “paid rioters”
Take off the tinfoil hat and get outside, man. Don’t forget the sun screen.
Paid by the UN and men in black helicopters, no doubt.
Sponsored by Hillary Clinton’s legal fund
Uproxx continues it unbiased news reporting once again
Can’t help but think your point would have been more emphatic without the “it” mistake. Right?
Who said Uproxx was unbiased? Lol it’s completely biased.
I’d be carrying and using pepper spray too after that bullshit we saw in San Jose .
That dudes going to jail for assault on multiple people. That confederate flag won’t go over so well in jail.
“Hispanic anti-Trumpers were defending their choice to protest Trump to the hating pro -Trumpers and were met by a sneak attack”
Now that there’s some real unbiased objective journalism right there, I tell ya what.
did I miss the memo that claimed Uproxx was unbiased?
I’m pretty sure the old site said something about pop culture and opinions.
Hilarious
So you have this short 5 second clip of a guy pepper spraying some protesters, but you choose to ignore the many clips of the protesters sucker punching innocent people leaving. Or vandalizing cars as they drive away. Or throwing rocks at trump supporters.
But you guys would find a way to blame Trump for all that anyway. “He encourages violence” is the typical media defense of these protesters. They apparently aren’t responsible for their own actions.
I wonder why the video of a Bernie supporter hitting someone wasn’t shown on this site?
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Actually, I think it was….
Look either way this shot is getting out o hand. I was talking with my dad about this and he said he wouldn’t be surprised if we have another civil war over this shit. I thought he was exaggerating but now…
Pay attention kids. This author has a masters degree in journalism and this twisted drivel is the best story she can come up with. I’d be willing to bet she would have been better off going to Trump U.
How much would you be willing to bet? Because I’d like some free money. If you honestly believe that, you’re a moron. Although from the content of your post, I’d be willing to bet already that you are.