US Police have used pepper spray on protesters outside a presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s rally in Kansas City, Missouri.
A video from outside of Trump’s rally shows at least five police officers using pepper spray against protesters.
Kansas City Police confirmed that officers resorted to pepper spray on angry protesters in the streets around the Midland Theater on Saturday.
“We had to use pepper spray 2 times outside Trump rally and arrested 2 people who refused to follow law,” Kansas City Police tweeted on Sunday.
Chief Darryl Forte of Kansas City police defended the use of pepper spray, saying it is “better than a riot with mass casualties”.
Police also said that they used a “fogger” to disperse “two large groups (200+) preparing to fight”.
Trump is increasingly facing angry protests at his rallies in different US cities.
During a rally in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, a man charged the stage where Trump was speaking before he was…