Anti-Trump protests turn violent in New Mexico

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Photos: Anti-Trump protests turn violent in New Mexico

Demonstrators at a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, injuring several.

Riot police block off the Albuquerque Convention Center to anti-Trump protests following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the convention center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Anti-Trump protesters block the streets following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Pepper spray is deployed at protestors of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center after the Trump rally in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A woman waves the Mexican flag while driving past the Albuquerque Convention Center after a rally by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jett Loe/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

Pepper spray is deployed at protesters of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center after the Trump rally in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Riot police respond to anti-Trump protests following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in front of the Albuquerque Convention Center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Police block off the Albuquerque Convention Center to anti-Trump protests following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the convention center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Protesters help a fellow demonstrator who was affected by the smoke and pepper spray used by police to disburse the crowd outside a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

A protestor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a burning T-shirt as hundreds of people protest outside a rally for Trump in Albuquerque, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Sofia Hoskins, 17, holds up a sign outside the Albuquerque Convention Center protesting the appearance of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally held at the center, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Joe Lett/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

A native American religious ceremony is performed outside the Albuquerque Convention Center as part of a protest against the appearance of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for a rally at the center on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jett Loe/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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Riot police block off the Albuquerque Convention Center to anti-Trump protests following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the convention center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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