Police Officer describes Donald Trump rally

[RickJamesLich]

Interesting perspective from a neutral guy on a Donald Trump rally, my experience was somewhat similar (although I will say the protestors weren't *this* bad here). I gotta say the Trump protestors really seem to be some of the most hateful people in America, they will just yell swear words at random people with no explanation why, they will just start screaming for no reason and come off as if they are going to start assaulting people. The media tries to portray this as the complete opposite, that Trump is ordering people to fight and that the protestors are just nice people who somehow ended up there, and they aren't trying to cause any conflict.

I think almost every normal person understands why someone may protest something and they understand that it is something that is necessary in a government, I think the Trump protestors are something completely different though. Agree? Disagree? Let's get some thoughts in here!

[Turtlewithnoshell]

The protestors seem to be way more radical and disruptive than Trumps supporters... Although I may be uninformed. I have seen the videos of posters being torn and people being yelled at. *edit* Anti-trump posters being torn down by trump supporters and yelling /booing protestors.

[Dug]

Both sides have "bad apples". Just because protesters show up and scream and yell doesn't mean you're allowed to assault them, as some of Trump's supporters have done. Escort them out and be done with it.

[RickJamesLich]

Both sides have "bad apples". Just because protesters show up and scream and yell doesn't mean you're allowed to assault them, as some of Trump's supporters have done. Escort them out and be done with it.

He explains that some of the protestors grab on to other people and try to lock arms with them when you kick them out. They pretty much engage in behavior where you aren't sure if they are going to become physically violent. It's one thing to yell "Donald Trump sucks!" it's different though when you start giving the middle finger to random strangers and yell obscentities for 15 minutes and doing it in front of little kids. Don't think "protestor" is the right word for this. The real question is, are we going to see the left condemn this hateful behavior?

[Dug]

He explains that some of the protestors grab on to other people and try to lock arms with them when you kick them out. They pretty much engage in behavior where you aren't sure if they are going to become physically violent. It's one thing to yell "Donald Trump sucks!" it's different though when you start giving the middle finger to random strangers and yell obscentities for 15 minutes and doing it in front of little kids. Don't think "protestor" is the right word for this. The real question is, are we going to see the left condemn this hateful behavior?

Well I don't condone that behavior but yelling obscenities and throwing a middle finger, child present or not is still not grounds to assault a person in my book. If they're assaulting you then hey, go nuts. But children seeing some "no no" stuff isn't assault. Let the police handle escorting them out if they're resisting. It's not your place to go in and do their job for them.

[derpkitteh]

people from the left in general are usually rude and aggressive people. it's disturbing the way they're so similar to each other, ready to froth at the mouth over the slightest thing that comes close to triggering them.

[Xeones]

I gotta say the Trump protestors really seem to be some of the most hateful people in America, they will just yell swear words at random people with no explanation why, they will just start screaming for no reason and come off as if they are going to start assaulting people.

Yea, they are totally worse than the people at Trump rallies who love sucker punching people already under the control of security.

[RickJamesLich]

Well I don't condone that behavior but yelling obscenities and throwing a middle finger, child present or not is still not grounds to assault a person in my book. If they're assaulting you then hey, go nuts. But children seeing some "no no" stuff isn't assault. Let the police handle escorting them out if they're resisting. It's not your place to go in and do their job for them.

I do agree that is not grounds to assault anyone, but I think it's pretty clear the protestors are engaging in hate speech and intimidation. Not only that, but if you scream obscenities at enough random strangers, you will probably get your ass kicked lol. That is just common sense, it's not justified but under the laws of probability, someone will pull your card if you behave like that. I got a sneaking suspicion that the protestors are doing this for that very reason, hoping someone films the event so they can say "see, Trump and his supporters are violent!"

Behaving that way in front of kids is pretty low, I'm not saying you should get assaulted for that either, but then again, I'm not a parent. If I did have a kid, and someone was behaving like that in front of them, I'd probably think differently.

[Adam Jensen]

people from the left in general are usually rude and aggressive people. it's disturbing the way they're so similar to each other, ready to froth at the mouth over the slightest thing that comes close to triggering them.

I'm getting so sick of being generalized like this because of Trump protesters.

[Gheld]

I'm getting so sick of being generalized like this because of Trump protesters.

You have to clean up your own camp bro.

[CptEgo]

I would protest like hell too. Protest against the insanity. I'm glad Trump is not happening in my country, you guys should be fucking worried.

[Celista]

I sincerely doubt that this guy isn't biased, nor do I believe that right or left leaning protesters behave inherently differently from one another.

[Gheld]

I would protest like hell too. Protest against the insanity. I'm glad Trump is not happening in my country, you guys should be fucking worried.

I would just cast a vote for someone other than Trump.

He has every right to participate in the political process; batshit crazy or not.

These protesters are just the leftist version of Birthers (if you remember those clowns).

[Dug]

I do agree that is not grounds to assault anyone, but I think it's pretty clear the protestors are engaging in hate speech and intimidation. Not only that, but if you scream obscenities at enough random strangers, you will probably get your ass kicked lol. That is just common sense, it's not justified but under the laws of probability, someone will pull your card if you behave like that. I got a sneaking suspicion that the protestors are doing this for that very reason, hoping someone films the event so they can say "see, Trump and his supporters are violent!"

Yeah that I can see some of them doing for sure. Viral videos go a long way nowadays

[RickJamesLich]

I sincerely doubt that this guy isn't biased, nor do I believe that right or left leaning protesters behave inherently differently from one another.

Fair enough, can you show me any videos of Trump supporters doing the same thing at Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton rallies?

[Enthusiastic Steward]

people from the left in general are usually rude and aggressive people.

You misspelled 'idiots on both sides of the political spectrum'.

[RickJamesLich]

You misspelled 'idiots on both sides of the political spectrum'.

This type of behavior is exclusive to the left though. We don't see this type of stuff happening at Clinton or Sanders rallies.

[Privileged WHite Male]

I would protest like hell too. Protest against the insanity. I'm glad Trump is not happening in my country, you guys should be fucking worried.

Protesting is one thing, agitating another which is what is happening at trump rallies. The infamous pic of 2 blacks dressed up like klansmen in support of Trump, the use of blm tactics via blocking roads in AZ, that same day in Tuscon there was an incident with "protesters" at the rally walking amongst the crowd wearing klan hoods. One group walked up to a section where a black man was sitting. He layed one of the guys out. I would say on one hand he was wrong. On the other hand, it was some funny and righteous shit.

What is being seen at Trump rallies is not protesting. That is agitating and is not ok.

[Grapemask]

You have to clean up your own camp bro.

Or, you know, they're not representative of most people who oppose Trump and therefore not our responsibility. That's also what Trump says about his own people and the violence they enact, right? Not his responsibility or the responsibility of the normal people?

The people protesting early on were fine - very peaceful, most of them didn't even speak. And that's where Trump got most of his flack, because he went balls to the wall against those initial peaceful protesters. Now they're just crazy and absolutely deserve the response they get.

Although I kind of understand why they're angry, to a point. Not enough to rationalize what they do with that anger, but you want to scream at the world when you see Trump say this asinine nonsensical stuff and so many people go along with it. It's like a massive number of people have just lost their ability to reason and it doesn't make sense.

[Celista]

Fair enough, can you show me any videos of Trump supporters doing the same thing at Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton rallies?

Are Trump supporters showing up at Sanders or Clinton rallies?