Police declare “unlawful assembly” at Trump rally in San Jose

A few hundred protesters blocked traffic and some scuffled with supporters of Donald Trump after the presidential candidate’s rally in San Jose Thursday night.

Over a dozen fights broke out amid the crowd.

Punches were thrown, violence erupted. Even police had to retreat.

Protesters followed Trump supporters to their cars as they left the convention center. Around the corner and away from police protection on San Carlos Street, a mob mentality took over.

A young man wearing a “Build The Wall” T-shirt was assaulted by several young men.

For several minutes, there was no police presence and protesters thumped Trump supporters’ cars in the parking garage as they tried to leave.

Outside again, there was another assault, and another. Street fights broke out on Almaden Avenue…

Andrew Acevedo, of Redwood City said he was assaulted several times while getting stuck inside the anti-Trump protest rally.

As police tried to restore order protesters forced a police pickup to retreat.

Police lines formed again, but the crowds only grew.

Another young man was chased down like prey. He ran until finding some police officers who stopped his attackers.

Some protesters grabbed Trump hats and tried to burn them, while others banged on the cars of supporters trying to leave the rally.

Police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly about 30 minutes after the rally ended.

Trump spoke for about 50 minutes to the crowd of thousands at the rally, harping on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and calling her foreign policy speech earlier in the day “pathetic” and “sad to watch.”