Photos: Unlawful Donald Trump protest leads to 35 arrests in California

Protesters yell at police officers form a skirmish line

Things kicked off outside a Donald Trump rally yesterday.

Police officers in riot gear declared a protest against the presumptive Republican nominee unlawful as they made 35 arrests in California.


He was speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters in San Diego’s convention centre when things got out of hand.

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Police officers detain a protester

Around 1,000 people had gathered to demonstrate against the billionaire tycoon, in tense scenes that included police pepper spraying some of the protesters.

Police arrested one man who climbed a railing separating protesters from officers.

His arrest led demonstrators to spray water and throw empty plastic bottles at officers.

In another tense exchange, police shoved back some people to separate them from Trump supporters when they left the centre after the rally.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Fresno, California

Earlier, in Fresno, Mr Trump told California voters he could solve their water crisis, declaring: ‘There is no drought.’

California is in fact in the middle of a drought, and last year capped the state’s driest four-year period in its history, with record low rainfall and snow.

But Mr Trump accused state officials of denying water to Central Valley farmers so they could send it out to sea ‘to protect a certain kind of three-inch fish’.

The comments came a day after Mr Trump outlined an energy policy plan that relies heavily on expanding US fossil fuel exploration and reducing environmental regulations.

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