REPORT: ‘No Kings Day’ rallies descend into chaos

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From Daily Mail: Four police officers were injured in Portland on Saturday and a man ‘intentionally’ drove his SUV into a crowd of protestors in Virginia as ‘No Kings Day’ protests descended into chaos across the country.

It was a scene of chaos in Portland as hundreds of protesters clad in black clashed with federal officers at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.

Federal officers decked out in tactical gear deployed smoke, tear gas, flash grenades and other projectiles as demonstrators threw fireworks and water bottles in response.

Some even used a stop sign to smash through one of the doors to the ICE facility.

The Portland rally was reportedly declared a riot.

In Virgina, 21-year-old Joseph R. Checklick Jr. drove his SUV through a crowd in a parking lot. He hit at least one person, police said in a statement.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, police took three people into custody after a shooting near the “No Kings” march the downtown area. One man was left with a “critical” gunshot wound.

“The injured man was seen collapsed on State Street with emergency responders providing care to him, directly in front of the Liberty SKY apartment complex,” The Salt Lake City Tribune reported.

From the Tribune:

The motive for the shooting and the events that led up to it remained under investigation, police said. Preliminarily, a news release said, the department believes the shooting “involved four people,” which included the critically injured victim.

A man was seen being loaded onto a stretcher by Salt Lake City Fire; he appeared to be the same man officers had handcuffed. The news release said police pursued “one of the involved parties and took him into custody near 200 East and 100 South.”

In L.A., a “No Kings” rally in downtown Los Angeles turned chaotic when rocks, concrete and “commercial-grade” fireworks were hurled at officers. The protest of at least 20,000 people started quietly, then demonstrators clashed with the Los Angeles Police Department outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building.

The NY Post further reported:

Footage showed cops on horseback charging into the sea of people wielding their batons, as others in gas masks and tactical gear unleashed several rounds of mace and crowd-controls — sending protesters and bystanders scrambling through the streets.

The Daily Mail further reported on the chaos across the country:

There were huge, boisterous crowds marching, dancing, drumming, and chanting shoulder-to-shoulder in New York, Denver, Chicago, Austin and Los Angeles, some behind ‘no kings’ banners.

In some places, organizers handed out little American flags while others flew their flags upside down, a sign of distress.

Mexican flags which have become a fixture of the Los Angeles protests against immigration raids, also made an appearance at some demonstrations Saturday.

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