CHP officers hurt; (Calif.) state Capitol protest turns into near riot
Source: Sacramento Bee
What started as an orderly rally by an alleged white supremacist group at the state Capitol turned into a near riot this afternoon when protesters from Occupy Oakland and other groups began throwing objects and injured California Highway Patrol officers trying to keep the two factions apart.
A CHP officer was pepper sprayed by the Occupy protesters and another was bloodied and injured tackling a fleeing suspect. Other officers may have been injured by hurled objects, officials said.
The violence lasted only minutes but tensions had grown throughout the day as members of a counter-rally -- later joined by Occupy Oakland protesters -- faced off against members of a group called South Africa Project that claimed to be trying to raise awareness for what they said was the killing of whites by blacks in South Africa.
State Senate sergeant-at-arms Tony Beard said the South Africa Project, which he called "a white supremacist organization," had received permits to protest on the south steps of the Capitol for three hours Monday but the counter-protesters had not and were told to stay on the sidewalk surrounding the Capitol.
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Is Oakland from Sacramento? 
about 100 miles to Sac to counter racists. 
It looks like he split his lip in the photo. The horror.
Tackling taunters?
Seems like an ill fated quest to me.
Wonder how that would work? 
