Pro-Trump marchers hit by pepper spray

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Three people were arrested after pepper spray was used in a scuffle at a rally supporting President Donald Trump at a Southern California beach.

Capt. Kevin Pearsall of California State Parks Police said the arrests happened when counterprotesters sprayed proTrump supporters.

He said the march of about 2,000 people had started about noon Saturday when its leaders reached a group of about 30 anti-Trump protesters, some of whom began spraying the irritant.

The Los Angeles Times reported that an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused the event’s organizer with pepper spray and was set upon in the sand at Bolsa Chica State Beach by Trump supporters.

Pearsall said there were several other arrests and two people suffered minor injuries.

Counterprotesters said before the pro-Trump march began that they planned to try to stop its progress with a “human wall.”