Protests in other cities also erupted into violence Saturday, as police grappled with small groups hijacking otherwise peaceful events, including far-right activists armed with pepper spray and wooden flagpoles. ADIn Chicago, a protest also grew violent after people used umbrellas and skateboards to attack police officers, injuring 17. Video shows several people in the far-right crowd using pepper spray and pellets fired from paintball guns against the counterprotesters. ADAD“An officer took a report this afternoon after a person was injured after being hit in the face with a paintball fired from a paintball gun,” the bureau later said in a statement. They deployed smoke and rushed the line of protesters, who had created a barrier at the property’s edge with shields.

Source: Washington Post August 16, 2020 23:12 UTC