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Really speaking out against the police. >> yeah, because they say the police came in and started firing these pepper balls and rubber bullets against people who were not even involved in the riot like this guy. listen. >> i ended up getting shot up. >> right there and you got some in your back as well? what did you do? >> absolutely nothing. i was here. i'm a local. this is my spot. and they didn't care. they didn't discriminate. they just started shooting people up. >> now in a news conference just minutes ago, police say yes, some rubber bullets were used but that their response was, quote: ...

Complete chaos and near anarchy as the u.s. open of surfing, a skate and surf event held in huntington beach, california, turned into madness. after a large crowd gathered at the conclusion of the competition began rampaging through the streets of the mellow beach town fighting. >> it started like with a fight and then it just broke out and then the cops started to move in and they were throwing tear gas at everyone and everyone plugging their nose and coughing and dodging into stores and everyone just running down main street. >> reporter: damaging public property. >> all i'm trying to do is ...

Support my life that i pay good money for. >> reporter: responders were joined from all over orange county and were forced to shoot pepper balls at the rioters. roaming the streets, attempting to cause disturbances all around them. this morning, after eight arrests and a long evening of battling chaotic crowds, police finally regained control, restoring some order to the palm tree-lined streets. and huntington beach is the kind of town where people can walk around. there's cute little restaurants, bars around there. it's a beach community. unbelievably, despite all of the video that you saw th...

Surfer lifestyle. things got totally out of control in huntington beach, california, last night, after the weeklong u.s. open of surfing competition wrapped up. riot police were called in. they used pepper balls to break up crowds in the street. crowds tipped over port-a-potties, looted local businesses. we're told there were at least eight arrests. and a defiant anthony weiner says he's staying in new york city's mayoral race. he's going to have to find a new campaign manager. he quit over the weekend. weiner has been under pressure since the public learned his sexting habit continued even ...

Bar directly across from the beach. a witness tells us the two guys started fighting gathered around and police used pepper balls which released pepper spray to help break up the crowd. then police say a man apparently assaulted a police officer with his skateboard and when they tried to arrest that man, well, can you see what happened. they vandalized a lot of property apparently a lot of people got hurt. here is what a few witnesses had to say. listen. >> people started getting riot mentality, started getting crazy. on main street people started pushing over porta potties, jumping on the por...