Police and Protesters Clash Outside Trump Rally in New Mexico

Donald Trump’s rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico turned violent as protesters threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, injuring several, and toppled trash cans and barricades.
5/25/2016
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5/25/2016

A protest outside Donald Trump’s rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned violent as protesters threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, injuring several, and toppling trash cans and barricades.

Police responded by throwing smoke grenades and firing pepper spray into the crowd outside the Albuquerque Convention Center.

The protesters waved Mexican flags, shouted obscenities, and broke windows at the entrance of the convention center.

Inside the rally, protesters were removed by security and simultaneously mocked by Trump, who told them to “go home to mommy” as they interrupted his speech.

Pepper spray is deployed at protesters of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center after the Trump rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on May 24, 2016. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Pepper spray is deployed at protesters of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center after the Trump rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on May 24, 2016. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT