Pro-pot, anti-Trump activists say they face 1960s-level violence

Longtime leftist activist Dana Beal said at a rally near the White House on Friday evening that anti-Trump protesters are being violently suppressed, just like when he was a “smoke-in” marijuana protester during the 1960s.

“We remember there were some hard-hats, they called them Reagan Democrats later, and they decided to beat up the anti-war protesters down on Wall Street. It was a lot like Donald Trump … today. Which is, if you disagree with these people, they just may beat you up,” said Beal, speaking to a small group of protesters waving marijuana-themed banners at Lafayette Square on Friday.