Supporters of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump who were met with flying eggs and punches from counter protesters during a June 2016 San Jose campaign rally can sue the city’s police for allegedly failing to protect them, a new court ruling said.
Trump supporters – many sporting red Make America Great Again hats – who were attending a rally at the McEnery Convention Center were met with hundreds of anti-Trump protesters as they were shepherded out of the building via a single exit.
The suit's 20 plaintiffs claim in a lawsuit that police knowingly ordered them to leave through an exit where protesters were waiting, despite the existence of a safer route and other exits, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last week.
The plaintiff's said they were beaten or struck by objects thrown by the protesters. Initial accounts of the events also said at least one woman was pelted by an egg after a crowd of demonstrators surrounded her, as seen in video of the incident.
One plaintiff claims an officer told her police had been instructed not to intervene in the melee.
The lawsuit says police arrested three people for allegedly assaulting officers at the scene, but no one for attacking Trump supporters, the Chronicle reported.
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That's how we need to start treating Democrats
ReplyDeleteCops turning into pu$$ies, cities getting sued for non-protection. WTF?
ReplyDeleteTypical of San Francisco's leadership.
ReplyDeleteAwesome sue the snowflakes for everything there parents have lol
ReplyDeleteGood, It's not the officers fault they were told to stand down. I hope the plaintiff's get millions and it takes money away from other services.
ReplyDeletePolice should be your second line of defense.
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