The annual Trans March in San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin descended into chaos Friday night after marchers clashed with police during a tense arrest, according to video and witness accounts.<\/p>\n
The confrontation erupted when officers moved to arrest a person allegedly caught spray-painting a building, witnesses told the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>. Dramatic footage shows several officers wrestling a man to the ground as furious marchers surrounded the scene, shouting at police and objecting to the arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cGet off them!\u201d the video recorder is heard screaming alongside others who are also shouting loudly at the police.<\/p>\n One person in the video seemingly tries to intervene before an officer pushes him away, knocking him to the ground. <\/p>\n Police throw a marcher who tried to intervene in the arrest on to the ground. X\/@MLNow<\/p>\n \u201cThe cops dragged them and threw them to the ground, and then protesters got in there trying to stop them,\u201d witness Nora Long told the Chronicle. \u201cFrom there, the cops responded with more violence.\u201d<\/p>\n Overhead view of a street demonstration with a large crowd and numerous police officers. JJ SMITH<\/p>\n That was not the only arrest, witnesses told Mission Local<\/a>. At least 25 police vehicles were waiting for marchers near the end of the procession before officers sprinted after a number of people who were arrested for vandalism.<\/p>\n In another video, a marcher in a Jesus-like outfit is seen getting on top of a police car and walking on it. Police pull him to the ground and begin restraining him, while marchers angrily surround the cops who try to keep them at bay.<\/p>\n TONIGHT<\/p>\n Several people were arrested at the end of the Trans March, the kick-off event for San Francisco Pride weekend.<\/p>\n Police officers ran into the crowd & handcuffed people, allegedly for earlier acts of vandalism. People were heard yelling “Get off him!” & “What the fuck?!” pic.twitter.com\/TLZNi90L6Z<\/a><\/p>\n