Crime & Safety

Trump Protests: Video Shows Protester Climbing On CHP Car

After the president's appearance in Sacramento to discuss the 2020 fire season, a protest took a violent turn as one man climbs on CHP car.

A video that surfaced on Twitter showed a protestor jumping on top of a CHP's vehicle before he was thrown off as the officer accelerated.
A video that surfaced on Twitter showed a protestor jumping on top of a CHP's vehicle before he was thrown off as the officer accelerated. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

MCCLELLAN PARK, CA — A protester was loaded into an ambulance in McClellan Park Monday after jumping on a CHP patrol after president Donald Trump's appearance in the area earlier that day to discuss the wildfire season with emergency officials. The man jumped on top of the CHP's vehicle before he was thrown off as the officer accelerated, one video showed.

In another video from Fox 40 reporter Jessica Mench's Twitter, a crowd applauds as Metro Fire lifted the protestor into the vehicle on a stretcher.

His injuries are unknown at this time.

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Another video showed a mass of anti-Trump protestors flooding into the street outside the airport, where they antagonized drivers, hitting vehicles with signs. A driver in a green Volvo could be seen swerving into the crowd, where the protestors blocked one lane.

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