Man in MAGA Hat Detained After Protestors Pepper Sprayed at Santa Monica Pier
Video shows a man in a MAGA hat being detained after a crowd of pro-and-anti-Trump protestors were sent screaming and running on the Santa Monica Pier after someone pepper sprayed the crowd Saturday.
A witness who is a KTLA employee caught the incident on camera.
The Santa Monica Police Department said they received reports that a young man pepper sprayed four or six people at the pier at about 1:20 p.m. It's unclear if that's the same person seen being detained after the incident.
The crowd, some holding Trump flags and U.S. flags, others holding orange posters that read "Trump Pence Must Go" appeared to be involved in an argument before the cloud is seen spreading through the panicked crowd.
Many ran away screaming and coughing. One woman was vomiting nearby, the witness said.
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... they are a minority, of course. However, there are large groups of pro-Trump people that protest around... various places. I've seen them around there - the Pier - and elsewhere. One large group jams Hollywood and Highland when I drive. This was the area around Grumman's / the Wax Museum. They carry pro-Trump signs and shout his slogans. I find them disturbing... even, in So-Cal, we have them. Usually, they don't get a lot of media attention.
