>Two Trump protesters, one of whom is an East Side Bulldog gang member, are facing multiple felony charges for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest during a May 27 demonstration outside a Trump rally in Fresno.
>According to the Fresno Bee, “Rigoberto Vera, 24, and Aaminah Norman-Taquee, 18, each plead[ed] not guilty on Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court to the same charges: three felony counts of assault on a police officer, resisting a police officer and battery upon a peace officer.”
>Both Vera and Norman-Taquee remain behind bars in Fresno County Jail in lieu of $65,000 bail.
>Vera reportedly apologized after he was taken into custody for taunting officers, shouting obscenities at them, challenging them to a confrontation and twice attempting to take an officer’s baton before disappearing into the crowd. The Fresno rally drew over 8,000 people.
>The Bee notes that the officers were unable to go pursue him because they were told to stand down.
>Vera has a rap sheet. The Bee notes that court records from 2012 indicate he pleaded “no contest” in March of that year to a felony charge of carrying a loaded firearm in public. He was reportedly sentenced to 270 days in jail and three years of a probation as a result.
>It is unclear what the 18-year-old female did to get arrested. However, reports indicated two women who refused to disperse when asked by officers were arrested.
>On Thursday evening, a Trump rally in San Jose turned violent and bloody as anti-Trump protesters threw punches and eggs at supporters of the Republican nominee.
>Pollak was on the scene. He reported that anti-Trump protesters ripped up the American flag as they shouted “America Was Never Great! F*** Trump and His Hate.”
>Shortly after the violent melées, “San Jose’s mayor, Sam Liccardo, who is a Democrat and a Hillary Clinton supporter, told the Associated Press that Donald Trump was to blame for the violence.”
the only arrests were the people who attacked cops
