After Bay Area violence, California debates classifying 'antifa' as a street gang

Los Angeles Times ^ | 9/4/17 | James Queally, Benjamin Oreskes and Richard Winton

[Roberts]

Not long after dozens of black-hooded protesters were filmed pummeling people on his city’s streets, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin made clear his disgust for the self-stylized vigilantes.

“Antifa,” he said, is no different than a street gang, and police should start treating protesters in the anti-fascist movement accordingly.

Later that day, legislators in Sacramento advanced resolutions that would treat violent acts committed by antifa movement’s enemies — white nationalists and neo-Nazis — as terrorist acts under state law.

As forces on the extremes of the nation’s ever-widening political divide continue to battle with fists and weapons on the streets of California, law enforcement officials and politicians have started debating whether these extremist groups should be classified as street gangs.

[kiryandil]

AKA “Klantifa” - hooded jerks who attack people because of their race.

[Oscar in Batangas]

In other news...

CDC has just classified ebola as a bad case of the sniffles.

[Balding_Eagle]

If Trump hadn’t spoken up none of this talk would be taking place.

[SERKIT]

Street gang? Terrorist organization or at the very least RICO!

[fungoking]

Translation:
Polling found that supporting antifa is costing dims. Old position of “righteous liberal democrats who are standing up against Trump-supporting fascist”, now “who are these thugs?”

[Right Wing Assault]

I don't remember any street gangs that were so political. That is what makes them terrorists.

[ViLaLuz]

Then they could move to Sacramento and get paid even more.