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    10 Arrested in Berkeley, Elderly Man Assaulted Following Violent Anti-Trump Protest



    by CHARLIE NASH
    4 Mar 2017

    Ten people were arrested in Berkeley, California on Saturday following an anti-Trump protest that sought to counter a march in support of President Trump.

    “A total of 10 people were arrested, including five for battery, four for assault with a deadly weapon and one for resisting arrest,” reported The Marin Independent Journal on Saturday. “Police reported items confiscated among the combatants were: ‘metal pipes, bats, 2x4s and pieces of wood. A group with bricks was detained, and their bricks confiscated.'”

    (video in tweet so to view please click on the source link)
    Lizzie Johnson ✔ @lizziejohnsonnn
    Fighting is spreading to the streets in Berkeley. This isn't a Trump rally anymore. It's the anarchists.
    3:21 PM - 4 Mar 2017 · Berkeley, CA

    “Some anti-Trump protesters threw things at Trump supporters. Berkeley police made occasional forays into the crowd, but mostly held back,” they continued. “Protesters spilled out into Martin Luther King Junior Way and were fighting in the middle of the street, and there were people punching each other on the sidewalks. Some people had bloody faces. One pro-Trump supporter was apparently sprayed in the face with Mace.”

    Several attendees complained about the lack of intervention by police officers, a complaint that was also common during the anti-Milo Berkeley riot last month.

    An elderly attendee wearing a MAGA hat was also pepper-sprayed, causing him to collapse on the floor.

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    Alex 🇺🇸 @SoCal4Trump
    Elderly Trump supporter rallies for Free Speech & Unity.
    Gets pepper sprayed by violent leftists.
    This is California.#Berkeley #March4Trump
    3:59 PM - 4 Mar 2017

    “At least two people, with their faces covered up, could be seen on video trying to set fire to an American flag, while a photo on Twitter showed the bloody face of a man who wore a T-shirt that said ‘Trump is My President.'” added The LA Times.

    During the riot at Berkeley last month against former Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos, “Anti-fascists” started several fires, smashed windows and ATMs, looted downtown stores, attacked cars, and assaulted dozens of Milo fans, male and female, whom they falsely accused of being “Nazis.”

    The San Francisco Chronicle reported that rioters caused around $100,000 in damages at UC Berkeley, while the damage to downtown Berkeley was reported to be around $400,000 to $500,000.

    The following day, Milo’s tour bus was tracked down by “anti-fascists” and vandalized, forcing both him and his team to evacuate the premises after his location was leaked online.

    Despite the large amount of violence, numerous reports indicate that police officers refused to intervene, and only one suspect was arrested.

    UFC veteran and professional MMA fighter Jake Shields was even forced to rescue a man who was being assaulted by left-wing rioters after police allegedly refused to help.

    “Like fifteen people were trying to attack him and others were cheering them on,” explained Shields, who managed to successfully rescue the man, in an interview with Breitbart News. “No one helped, no one had the balls to step in, so my reaction was to run in and start picking people off.”

    “More chaos started happening, so I went up to the police and tried bringing them back, but they were just like ‘we’re not really going over there. You should just stay away.’” he continued. “I don’t know if they were taking orders from someone or if they were just being lazy. I don’t know what the situation was, but it was pathetic to watch. Our police, who are supposed to defend the citizens of Berkeley. It’s a sad scene that they would allow that.”

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    Violence breaks out at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley


    Counter-protesters try to take a large piece of wood away from a participant in a rally in support of President Trump at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley. (Dan Honda / East Bay Times)


    March 4, 2017
    Peter H. King, Ruben Vives


    For the second time in a month, Berkeley was the scene of violent demonstrations as supporters of President Trump clashed with counter-protesters Saturday on the streets of the city.

    At least 10 people were arrested and seven others were injured as a series of disturbances marred what was supposed to be a pro-Trump rally in the famously liberal community.

    The unrest underscores the heightened political tensions that have taken hold since Trump took office in January.

    Last month a scheduled appearance by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled amid a violent protest on the UC Berkeley campus. That sparked a national debate — in which Trump himself took part — about the line between the right to demonstrate and protecting free speech that some find objectionable.

    Saturday’s “March 4 Trump” rally, one of several held across the country, began at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park about 2 p.m.

    The Trump supporters marched several blocks but were met by a group of counter-demonstrators, and fights began breaking out, according to Matthai Chakko, a spokesman for the city of Berkeley.

    Videos and photos posted on Twitter showed people punching each other and pulling their hair, with one man using an unidentified object to beat another person. Several people in the crowd were pepper-sprayed, including an elderly man.

    At least two people, with their faces covered up, could be seen on video trying to set fire to an American flag, while a photo on Twitter showed the bloody face of a man who wore a T-shirt that said “Trump is My President.”

    Amy Leona Masker, a 23-year-old student from Las Positas College in Livermore who was on crutches, was among the counter-demonstrators. She and a fellow student were standing together when they saw the fighting break out.

    “These crutches came in handy when people started shoving,” Masker said.

    She and the other student said one of the Trump supporters, who wore a gas mask and had a wooden shield, was one of the pepper-sprayers. They said there were several isolated fights, but when they erupted, people from both sides tried to break them up.

    Masker said she came out to “support what really is our country.”

    Berkeley Police Officer Byron White said 10 arrests were made: one for resisting arrest, four for assault with a deadly weapon, including a dagger, and five for battery. About seven medical evaluations were made on the scene. None of the injured wanted to be taken to the hospital.

    Chakko said among the other items police confiscated at the rally were metal pipes, bats and two-by-fours.

    “A group of people carrying bricks were detained and the bricks were confiscated,” he said.

    City and Berkeley Police Department officials said they were aware of the rally and had prepared for it. They said other groups besides Trump supporters and protesters were also at the rally.

    The pro-Trump rally was part of a nationwide effort to show support for the president and his “America First” policies, according to the website of Main Street Patriots, one of the organizers.

    “With high-profile acts of terrorism at home and abroad, with police shootings in the headlines and police officers dead in the line of duty, the government’s first duty to keep the country safe has to be addressed,” the group’s website states.

    Berkeley was not the only city that reported clashes between demonstrators.

    Six people protesting a Trump rally in St. Paul, Minn., were arrested on felony riot charges after they lit fireworks inside the Minnesota State Capitol and fled, police told the Associated Press. About 400 people attended the St. Paul event, and about 50 showed up to protest it. Some other minor scuffles between the dueling demonstrators were quickly defused.

    In Nashville, two people were arrested as protesters clashed with Trump supporters at the Tennessee Capitol. The groups at times cursed at each other and made physical contact, which state troopers broke up, NPR affiliate WPLN reported.

    Near Mar-a-Lago, where Trump is spending the weekend at his private estate, the Palm Beach Post reported that people on both sides exchanged profanity. Trump’s motorcade briefly stopped so he could wave at supporters.

    (video within tweet)
    WideAwakeEyesOpen @velvethammer
    #LiberalTerrorism #LeftWingFascists BAMN to #March4Trump "Out of Berkeley!"#TheResistance #Resist #LeftWingFascists
    3:06 PM - 4 Mar 2017

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    Aaron Davis @BaronBavis
    Strong language thrown around at #March4Trump in #berkeley - Jim Templeton of San Francisco, self-described "Europhile" in red Trump hat.
    1:07 PM - 4 Mar 2017

    At least some of the counter-protesters appeared to be members of the so-called black bloc, a group that UC Berkeley officials blamed for many of the problems on campus last month.

    The self-described anarchists or anti-fascists have left school and law enforcement officials struggling to cope with their tactics.

    The term “black bloc” was used to describe the tight wedges of black-clad protesters in helmets and masks who appeared in street demonstrations in Germany in the 1970s, confounding efforts to single out, identify and prosecute individuals.

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