A Florida protest turned violent Friday as activists gathered in Jacksonville, New York, Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and other cities to.demonstrate against the U.S. attack on Syria.
Six people among as many as 200 protesters were arrested in Jacksonville when different factions — those supporting Donald Trump and demonstrators opposed to the military action — turned "riotous" and attacked one another and police in downtown Hemming Plaza, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, First Coast News reported.
There was some tension as well in Detroit, where more than 30 people protesting the missile strike turned out at Grand Martius Park downtown. At one point they were heckled by some Detroit Tigers fans leaving a game. "Bomb Syria," shouted one fan, reported MIchigan Live.com, though most fans merely watched.
Unified New York protesters gathered in midtown at Trump Tower and at Union Square, chanting and holding signs saying "Bombing Syria doesn't protect people, it kills them," and "Yes to the refugees, no to the U.S. wars that create them," NBC reported. "U.S. intervention has never brought about peace and democracy in other countries," protester Nina Macapinlac told The New York Daily News. "This farce that by bombing Syria you're going to be able to bring about democracy is not true."