2016 Albuquerque riot

2016 Albuquerque Riot
Part of the protests against Donald Trump
Date May 24th, 2016
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico
Caused by Rioters who attacked police and Donald Trump supporters outside a campaign rally in Albuquerque
Methods Protesting,[1] rioting,[2][3] vandalism,[4][5] arson,[6] assault
Parties to the civil conflict
Hundreds of rioting protesters
Number
1000[7]
Casualties
Injuries Several, non life-threatening.
Arrested 3[8]

On May 24, 2016, protests at a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned violent, with rioters and police clashing outside the Convention Center.

For several hours protesters and police clashed in downtown Albuquerque, with rioters burning signs and throwing rocks and bottles, and police responding with smoke devices. There were several injuries and 3 rioters were arrested

Incident

Donald Trump held a rally that attracted over 7,000 supporters in Albuquerque on May 24. The Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP), a local radical left wing group, invited anti-Trump protesters from neighboring cities and states to converge on Albuquerque to harass Trump and his supporters gathered for the rally.

While the event began peacefully, it descended into violence later that night. Protesters broke through barricades and charged the convention center, setting afire and throwing at police campaign merchandise stolen from street vendors, smashing the convention center glass doors and windows, and throwing rocks at police and Trump supporters trying to exit the rally.[9][10] The crowd spread through downtown toward Route 66, and continued to clash with police until 11:00.[11] 3 rioters were arrested in the chaos and several people were injured, including police officers and a mounted police horse that fell to the ground in the melee

Reactions

Donald Trump tweeted on the event and surrounding chaos after the unrest. "Great rally in New Mexico, amazing crowd!" he tweeted about his fans. As for the protesters, he tweeted, "The protesters in New Mexico were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag. The rally inside was big and beautiful, but outside, criminals!"[12] Trump's next stop was to be Anaheim, where the police chief Chief Raul Quezada issued a warning to protesters that "there is no room for violence in Anaheim."

References

  1. ↑ "Albuquerque Trump protests were mostly peaceful, but unruly people, encouraged by members of the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP), a radical left wing organization that invited protestors from surrounding cities and states to converge in Albuquerque to protest against Trump and his supporters attending the rally, caused late violence".
  2. ↑ "Protesters clash with police outside Trump rally in Albuquerque; authorities call it a riot". 25 May 2016 – via LA Times.
  3. ↑ "Albuquerque, New Mexico - Photos - Anti-Trump protests turn violent in Albuquerque".
  4. ↑ CNN, Eric Bradner, Noah Gray and Jeremy Diamond. "Trump protesters smash door, break through barriers".
  5. ↑ "Violence & pepper spray at anti-Trump protests in Albuquerque".
  6. ↑ "Cops Injured as Trump Protests Get Violent in Albuquerque".
  7. ↑ "Anti-Trump protesters at Trump rally throw rocks, bottles at Albuquerque police".
  8. ↑ "Albuquerque police make arrest linked to violent Trump riot".
  9. ↑ News, A. B. C. (25 May 2016). "Chaotic Scene Erupts Outside Trump Rally in New Mexico". ABC News.
  10. ↑ Press, Associated. "Violent protests outside Albuquerque Trump rally". chicagotribune.com.
  11. ↑ Press, The Associated. "The Latest: 4 arrested amid protests at Trump rally". pjstar.com.
  12. ↑ "Police in riot gear quell chaos outside N.M. Trump rally". usatoday.com.
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