Protesters rallying against GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump outside of San Francisco burned an American flag in a fit of rage.
Sacramento's Maile Hampton leading US flag burn at Trump protest. Intense. #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/vA53UqUYXY
— Nick Miller (@NickMiller510) April 29, 2016
Stationed at the California GOP convention outside the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, reporters documented the moment angry demonstrators set Old Glory ablaze while labeling it a symbol of “genocide.”
“Fuck colonialism, fuck genocide, fuck slavery. That’s what the American flag stands for,” yelled a woman with a bullhorn. “We don’t stand for that shit.”
Protesters are attempting to burn an American flag. pic.twitter.com/YB7N4x0Uzp
— Seema Mehta (@LATSeema) April 29, 2016
The flag is definitely on fire. A woman w/a bullhorn says it stands for genocide. pic.twitter.com/AiVyQYIQqv
— Seema Mehta (@LATSeema) April 29, 2016
This is what is left of the flag. pic.twitter.com/CipV6tiuKk
— Seema Mehta (@LATSeema) April 29, 2016
Meanwhile other protesters pushing against a riot police barricade waved the Mexican flag high.
Police also arrested five demonstrators, while others threw eggs at the officers.
The protests come a day after anti-Trump demonstrators rioted and smashed police car windows in the streets of Costa Mesa, the site of a Donald Trump rally earlier in the day.
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