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The Berkeley street violence was a great marketing event for alt-right types eager to attack anti-Trump protesters Most of the demonstrations held on April 15, which was set aside by progressives for marches to demand that Donald Trump reveal his tax returns, were peaceful. The notable exception was the city of Berkeley, California — often described as the most liberal community in the nation — where things rapidly descended into a street fight between radical right-wingers and more left-leaning counterprotesters. A group of hard-right extremists came to Berkeley to hold a rally in support of Trump. While they are, of...

Here's the problem with the "victim mentality": Those who have it generally ignore genuine victims. "Since the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation began publishing its annual audit of hate crimes in 1997, crimes targeting Jews have constituted the majority of all religiously motivated crimes every single year," according to the AMCHA Initiative, a human rights group in Santa Cruz, California dedicated to protecting Jewish Students. Arguably, college campuses are at the epicenter, as AMCHA puts it in their annual report on anti-Semitism on campus, of this trend. AMCHA looked at incidents at the 113 U.S. schools Jews were most likely...

Berkeley is also a potent symbol because of its role as the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement in 1964: Before fall 1964, students' politicking had been limited to a small sidewalk strip thought to be off-campus and immune from university restrictions. Students such as Mario Savio returned from searing experiences as civil rights workers in the South and sought to expand campaigns in California, upsetting some state legislators. After learning that the property was owned by UC, school authorities moved to shut down the area and ban the tables and pamphleting there. Activists challenged the rules by resuming their...

If you want to beat up Trump supporters with impunity, Berkeley is the college for you Left-wingers violently attacked Trump supporters at a UC Berkeley rally for at least the third time in recent months, according to media reports. The riot at Berkeley on Saturday occurred as “Tax Marches” took place in cities across the nation aimed at pressing President Donald Trump to release his personal income tax returns, something the law does not require.

BERKELEY — Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, author of “In Trump We Trust” and other political-themed books, has accepted an invitation to speak at UC Berkeley on April 27, according to the sponsor of the event. The time and location have not been finalized, said Troy Worden, spokesman for the Berkeley College Republicans. Once those details are finalized, the event will be posted on Eventbrite, he said. Coulter will speak on the topic of illegal immigration, he added. The Coulter event would come just months after a scheduled appearance at UC Berkeley by former Breitbart news editor Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled...

What college does to our young people.

Berkeley and before, the scathing history of socialism, which is exactly what the Dementiacrat of today is ... have shown their true colors. The means are always, when the mortar of desperation morphs to a hardened violation, without exception violent. Free speech strangled, showered with propaganda and opposition disappearing in the middle of the night. And streets littered with brain matter swept clean with good tidings and fanatic smiles before the morning light. Anything goes and everything is ignored amidst the clicking of champagne glasses celebrating the end. Do it, leftists. We’re at the starting gate chomping on the bit...

There were numerous reports from those on the scene that Berkeley police largely stayed back as Antifa agitators took pot shots at Donald Trump supporters on Saturday. “As the violence escalated police in Berkeley stood down and retreated from the crowds,” reporter Tim Pool tweeted. - snip - At one point, several black-clad agitators isolated a lone Trump supporter and pummeled him with fists and feet. Someone jumped in and clubbed him with a skateboard. Here’s an aerial angle: (video at the link).

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Supporters of President Trump held a rally today in Berkeley, California. Hundreds of far left Antifa thugs turned out to disrupt the protest and beat heads. The police were no where in sight. The police were no where to be seen when hundreds of Antifa thugs interrupted the pro-Trump rally.

FULL TITLE: Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters clash with his supporters during Berkeley protest: 14 activists covered in blood are arrested as demonstration in California descends into a massive brawl At least 15 people have been arrested after violence broke out Saturday between groups of Trump supporters and detractors holding rallies in downtown Berkeley, according to police. Hundreds of people with opposing opinions on President Donald Trump threw stones, lit fires, tossed explosives and tear gas and attacked each other with makeshift weapons as police stood by. Violence escalated when counter-protesters against a pro-Trump 'Patriot's Day' rally broke through netting separating...

Berkeley MAGA Protest: 2 AntiFa protesters throw two M-80's into the MAGA side of the downtown protest. MAGA people jump over police divider to AntiFa side, big fist-fight breaks out. Event has not even yet begun, officially (begins in 15 min).

Berkeley previously housed an online library consisting of more than 20,000 videos of lectures. These videos were free and accessible to the public. But they are free no longer: next week, administrators will withdraw access to anyone who isn't a Berkeley student or professor. Two employees of Gallaudet University—a school for the deaf in Washington, D.C.—filed a complaint with DOJ alleging that Berkeley's online content was inaccessible to the hearing-disabled community. After looking into the matter, DOJ determined that Berkeley had indeed violated the Americans with Disabilities Act Berkeley had two choices: spend a fortune adding closed captioning to the...

Published on Mar 7, 2017 DA and Berkeley PD have decided not to charge him with any crimes at this time.

A pro-Trump rally at the University of California, Berkeley turned into a violent, bloody riot Saturday evening. The civil disturbance led to several attendees in pro-Trump clothing and American flag regalia being assaulted. Police in riot gear, and even a man in a gas-mask looking helmet and makeshift shield with an American flag intervened after currently unidentified men were assaulted and beaten on the ground. Some Trump supporters were pepper-sprayed by opposition, according to Buzzfeed News.

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.'” ...snip... UFC veteran and professional MMA fighter Jake Shields was even forced to rescue a man who was being assaulted...

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.'”

At least 10 people were arrested and many others bloodied or bruised as a Berkeley rally by supporters of President Trump turned violent Saturday afternoon when fistfights broke out between marchers and counterprotesters, and crowds of masked anarchists joined the fray.

Arguments were heating up in Berkeley as demonstrators on both sides of the debate over President Donald Trump's policies clashed Saturday afternoon. People participating in the "March 4 Trump" demonstration to show support for President Trump were met by members of the group "By Any Means Necessary," and other protesters, which had planned a counter-demonstration. More than a dozen Berkeley police officers were keeping a close eye on the demonstrations, but video shared on Twitter showed shouting matches erupting and getting physical between the two groups.