A demonstrator recoils after Tucson police used pepper spray to disperse a crowd protesting President Trump’s immigration policies downtown Thursday night. Police say three officers were assaulted. Story, Page A5.
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People reacting after Tucson Police officers had to pepper spray a crowd of protesters in front of the Arizona Hotel downtown on Feb 16, 2017.
A protest in Tucson on Feb. 16 took a hostile turn after demonstrators entered traffic lanes on West Congress Street. A short melee with police ensued.
Protest legal observer Heidi Reynolds-Stenson grimaces in pain from the effects of pepper spray used on protestors following a confrontation with police in front of the Arizona Hotel in downtown Tucson, AZ. on Thursday, February 16, 2017.
Three officers were injured, four protesters were arrested.