Antifascists in black bloc scuffled with police Saturday afternoon on the outskirts of an anti-abortion “Baby Lives Matter” rally in Santa Monica.
Filmed by N2S Contributor Jake Lee Green
“F*** antifa!” the anti-abortion group could be heard yelling from across the barricades after officers with horses and batons forced the counter-protesters back.
After the scuffle, police separated the two sides more effectively, adding two layers of police tape to create a no-person’s-land.
The opponents and supporters of abortion access yelled at each other from across the police line, until the supporters left.
In the one situation that led to an arrest, a man ended up on the ground from his bike. An anti-abortion man claimed “he ran me over” (although News2Share has heard from another source that he was pushed; the fall was not captured on video).
Following a confrontational conversation with police, officers forcefully arrested only the biker.
Following the dueling rallies in the park, the “Baby Lives Matter” group marched onto the pier in Santa Monica, with officers escorting them along the way.
