US officer fires gun in clash at pro-Israel rally

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Source: Fresno Bee

The officer of the Federal Protective Service fired a weapon during the rally at the Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday, according to a sheriff's statement. The FPS is the security police division of the Department of Homeland Security.

The demonstration, which drew several hundred people, was breaking up when pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian supporters began to clash.

Witnesses said the confrontation included a scuffle between the pro-Israel protesters and men who drove past the protest in a truck displaying a Palestinian flag, KNBC-TV reported (http://bit.ly/1ra6cF3 ).

A man in the truck said the Palestinian flag was ripped away. When the truck's occupants attempted to retrieve the flag, there was a struggle, witnesses said.



Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/14/4023907/federal-officer-fires-weapon-at.html

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1. Because the only way to break up a scuffle is to shoot it away.

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2. Yeah, one bullet for Barney is one too many apparently... n/t