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Police clash with protesters during violent May Day riots

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    At least 30 people arrested in Oakland

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Are we -- are getting a new look now at some of the most chaotic and violent moments.

During yesterday's so called May Day protests.

Dramatic video showing some of the worst scenes out of Oakland California where police arrested at least thirty people.

Dozens of protesters.

Accused of throwing glass bottles swinging metal rods and even burning a police car.

Trace Gallagher has more live from LA Trace.

And really make it up and down the West Coast it was ugly and dangerous back let's Begin up in Seattle were protesters were actually dressed in black they were using bats and sticks to break windows on cars.

And storefronts.

And by last night Seattle police had -- get this seven.

Incendiary devices including dozens of Molotov cocktails.

More than a dozen were arrested but police say they -- -- have a lot more arrests but the people were causing trouble dressed in black.

Took off the black clothes to blend in with the crowd here's a resident -- It's annoying and really get us some kids doing things -- that prove the point and I don't really understand.

How my car is that we've been going.

What I do in Portland pretty big time flash -- well between police and protestors protestors there.

Trying to drag their comrades out of the way gigabytes of bullies in the horse police look at the tear gas there that was.

In Portland at least a dozen arrests there are no word of any major vandalism the boy.

If you go down the coast now to San Francisco a much different picture because the the protests there turned very violent some 200 people actually stormed a building owned by church and you see that.

There were people on top of the buildings throwing bricks and pipes at police officers on the ground police for a time gave up trying to get those protesters out of that church building they eventually did.

Take that back listen that a police.

You're acts of violence against officers who are here on the scene.

As well is some of these demonstrators.

This one demonstrator was would seriously injured yesterday.

In light of that.

Here you it was thought that it be operation needs to be initiated in order to minimize.

-- any impact to the public.

Shops and cars were also bad -- in San Francisco -- directly across the bay and Oakland.

Man oh man look at the clashes their police and protesters police using flash grenades wrestling people the ground.

Helped police car and Oakland was actually -- here in the background police saying get off the street stay off the side -- lot.

It turned very ugly last night again at least 25.

Arrests.

In Oakland still up and down the West Coast May Day occupy protest very very ugly and violent night.

Unbelievable that that video of them throwing bricks off the top of that building.

And it looks like we caught on camera one person on the receiving end and that could be potentially deadly.

-- -- thank you.