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The tension of a contested election has been building for days and finally the two sides of a divided America clashed.
They came head to head outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon.
At dusk, both sides moved into the city, some armed with baseball bats, legs, and ready to fight.
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One of the Proud Boys, a far-right group that supports Triumph, was surrounded and attacked; A punch to the nose brought him down.
I saw another Antifa member take boxing gloves out of his backpack and challenge one to a fight. The police intervened.
Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to attend and passed through the crowd on his way to his golf course.
Law enforcement personnel detain a person during the clashes (Photo: Reuters / Jim Urquhart)
He has encouraged them through Twitter by making repeated claims of voter fraud, none of which have been proven to be true.
At night, both sides forced the police to fight battles for the capital.
Posters in the Black lives matter Plaza were demolished and Trump supporters were attacked in bars and hotels.
Thousands of Trump supporters joined the MAGA Million March to the United States Supreme Court (Photo: Reuters / Tom Brenner)
The Proud Boys conducted initiation rituals for new members under the Washington Monument and then wandered the streets in search of Antifa.
One person was stabbed, we saw other injuries.
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Throughout the night, the center of the capital was closed while the police tried to control the two groups; They did well, avoiding the use of tear gas, and remained immobilized.
At 2 a.m., fourteen hours after it began, the sides dispersed.
Twelve days after the elections, politics has gone from the polls to the streets.
