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The group of more than 100 hooded protesters, with shields emblazoned with the words “no hate” and waving a flag identifying themselves as anarchists, busted through police lines, avoiding security checks by officers to take away possible weapons.
Several thousand people had congregated for a “Rally Against Hate” in response to the planned right-wing protest that raised concerns of violence and triggered a massive police presence.
Berkeley police chief Andrew Greenwood defended how police handled the protest, saying they made a strategic decision to let the anarchists enter to avoid more violence.
Greenwood said to The Associated Press: “the potential use of force became very problematic” given the thousands of peaceful protesters in the park. Once anarchists arrived, it was clear there would not be dueling protests between left and right so he ordered his officers out of the park and allowed the anarchists to march in.
There was “no need for a confrontation over a grass patch,” Greenwood said.
Published August 27, 2017
Fox News
Protesters against a scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos on the University of California at Berkeley campus seen on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. A small group of people with their faces covered broke windows, hurled fireworks at police officers and threw smoke bombs, prompting UC Berkeley officials to cancel Yiannopoulos's talk Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Protesters against a scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos on the University of California at Berkeley campus seen on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. A small group of people with their faces covered broke windows, hurled fireworks at police officers and threw smoke bombs, prompting UC Berkeley officials to cancel Yiannopoulos's talk Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Protesters from the poles of the U.S. political spectrum converged on another American city Sunday as violence erupted when left-wing protesters surrounded and attacked at least five right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley.
The group of more than 100 hooded protesters, with shields emblazoned with the words “no hate” and waving a flag identifying themselves as anarchists, busted through police lines, avoiding security checks by officers to take away possible weapons.
Several thousand people had congregated for a “Rally Against Hate” in response to the planned right-wing protest that raised concerns of violence and triggered a massive police presence.
Berkeley police chief Andrew Greenwood defended how police handled the protest, saying they made a strategic decision to let the anarchists enter to avoid more violence.
Greenwood said to The Associated Press: “the potential use of force became very problematic” given the thousands of peaceful protesters in the park. Once anarchists arrived, it was clear there would not be dueling protests between left and right so he ordered his officers out of the park and allowed the anarchists to march in.
There was “no need for a confrontation over a grass patch,” Greenwood said.
Among those assaulted was Joey Gibson, the leader of the Patriot Prayer group, which canceled a Saturday rally and was then prevented from holding a news conference when authorities closed off the public square Gibson planned to use.
After the anarchists spotted Gibson at the Berkeley park, they pepper-sprayed him and chased him out as he backed away with his hands held in the air. Gibson rushed behind a line of police wearing riot gear, who set off a smoke grenade to drive away the anarchists, Fox 40 reported.
Separately, groups of hooded, black-clad protesters attacked at least four other men in or near the park, kicking and punching them until the assaults were stopped by police. The assaults were witnessed by an Associated Press reporter.
Anti-rally protesters chanted slogans “No Trump. No KKK. No fascist USA” and carried signs that said: “Berkeley Stands United Against Hate.”
At one point, an anti-rally protester denounced a Latino man holding a “God Bless Donald Trump” sign.
“You are an immigrant,” Karla Fonseca said. “You should be ashamed of yourself.”
Several other people also yelled at the man, who said he was born in Mexico but supports President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the southern border.
The organizer of Sunday’s right-wing event was Amber Cummings, a transgender woman and Trump supporter who has repeatedly denounced racism. Cummings said that demonization by mayors in both cities and left-wing extremists made it impossible for people with other views to speak out.
Cummings has said on social media and in media interviews that Marxism is the real evil and that members of the anti-fascist movement are terrorists.
“I’m not safe to walk down the road with an American flag in this country,” she told reporters last week.
Saturday’s event was organized by a group known as Patriot Prayer. Its leader, Gibson, also repeatedly has disavowed racism.Comment
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So cool. The nutters just can't get any traction with their lies.
There have been three more arrests of the right wing domestic terrorists that rolled into Charlottesville
Put that in your pipe and smoke it
Btw ...we now see trump was doing business in Russia despite his claims to contrary
Trump Tower Moscow has a nice ring to it.
Drip drip
It doesn't know Russians and no deal negotiations in Russia ...
Release the taxes ....Comment
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Denounce the violent anarchy on our country. Denounce the hateful rhetoric.
Either you're with it, or against it. No middle road to take.Comment
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i denounce antifa and blm! There happy.Comment
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New poster ....as soon as you denounce ALL of the following groups that were part of "unite the right" in Charlottesville , okay little snowflake? Then I will.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Quite a lengthy and specific listthe far-right groups engaged in organizing the march were the clubs of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer,[21] The Right Stuff,[22] the National Policy Institute,[23] and four groups that form the Nationalist Front:[20] the neo-Confederate League of the South,[20] the Traditionalist Workers Party,[24] Vanguard America,[24] and the National Socialist Movement.[20] Other groups involved in the rally were the Ku Klux Klan,[6] the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights,[24] the 3 Percenters,[9] Identity Evropa,[25] the Oath Keepers,[26] the American Guard,[27] the Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia,[28] the New York Light Foot Militia,[29] the Virginia Minutemen Militia,[30] the Detroit Right Wings,[31] the Rise Above Movement,[3] True Cascadia,[32] and Anti-Communist Action.[27]
Prominent far-right figures in attendance included National Policy Institute Chairman Richard Spencer,[33] entertainer Baked Alaska,[33] former Libertarian Party candidate Augustus Invictus,[34] former Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke,[35] Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damigo,[36] Traditionalist Youth Network CEO Matthew Heimbach,[33] Rebel Media journalist Faith Goldy,[37] Right Stuff founder Mike Enoch,[33] League of the South founder Michael Hill,[3] Red Ice host Henrik Palmgren,[38] Right Side Broadcasting Network host Nicholas Fuentes,[39] YouTube personality James Allsup,[39] AltRight.com editor Daniel Friberg,[40] former Business Insider CTO Pax Dickinson,[41] Right Stuff blogger Johnny Monoxide,[42] Daily Stormer writer Robert "Azzmador" Ray,[43] Daily Caller contributor and rally organizer Jason Kessler,[44] and Radical Agenda host Christopher Cantwell.[45][46] Gavin McInnes, the leader of the self-described "Western chauvinist" Proud Boys group, was invited to attend but declined because of an unwillingness "to be associated with explicit neo-Nazis."[47] In June, ahead of the rally, McInnes declared that "we need to distance ourselves from them," but "after backlash to the original disavowal flared-up from Alt-Right circles, the statement was withdrawn and replaced with another distancing the Proud Boys from the event yet also encouraging those who 'feel compelled' to attend."[48]Comment
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Another poster who started this a long time ago...the idea is to denounce the ideology that drives people to hate on one another. For hating on their color, their religion, their views, their nationality, where they live, their education, their beliefs. And, to denounce those who back up that misguided hatred with violence.
If we want to start naming groups, we're going to be here a long, long time....Comment
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Got plenty of time to be specific. Go ahead. I've got time. I need to read an article about appeals trump's personal attorney made directly to putins assistant during the campaign for help with a trump org business project at the time.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
This was when trump was giving Putin a tongue bath on the campaign trail.
These emails between that lawyer and Felix Sater about soliciting putins inner circle for help in making trump president seem particularly interesting ....
Oh ....light bulb !!!!!
Haven't heard "nothingburger" in some time no we have notComment
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Now we discover that trump's attorney testified that he told trump on at least three occasions about the moscow licensing deal during the campaign. On one of those he signed a letter of intent.
Trump told us repeatedly nope, no business at all in Moscow.
Please reconcile with HRC's speeches to Goldman and donations to Clinton foundation .....
I think this really shows how much we need those taxes ....Comment
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Tied up today in budget meetings for 2018...
What are the hypocrites whining about today?Comment
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Drippity drip drip .....
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-tower-n796746
Can you say obstruction of justice? Sure you canComment
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These latest revelations ....
So a certain group had problems with paid speeches to investment bankers PRIOR to a campaign. Or that an audited charity might get donations for "access"
Trump signed a letter of intent for trump tower moscow during campaign. Full stop.
I think it's time for the nutters to give us their hot takes on all of thisComment
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