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MYSTERY: Did Berkeley police fire stun grenades at Trump supporters, instigate clash
American Mirror ^

Posted on 04/23/2017 1:44:46 PM PDT by bryan999

A series of videos posted to YouTube allege police involved with the recent riot at the University of California Berkeley fired flash-bangs and smoke bombs at Trump supporters to incite violence during the standoff with Antifa protestors.

Self-described munitions expert Thomas Wictor analyzed several videos from the violence last weekend and compared the footage to claims anti-fascists tossed M-80 fireworks and smoke bombs at their political foes during the melee.

One video alleges that “on April 15, 2017, officers of the Berkeley Police Department fired stun grenades at protestors” from nearby building rooftops, and “the goal of using stun grenades on the crowds was to incite murder that would be blamed on President Trump.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanmirror.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government
KEYWORDS: antifa; berkeleypolice; trumpsupporters
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1 posted on 04/23/2017 1:44:46 PM PDT by bryan999
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To: bryan999
anti-fascists

They aren't "anti-fascists", they're fascist terrorists

The Trump people are American Nationalists defending the ideal of a Democratic Republic.

2 posted on 04/23/2017 1:48:17 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Regulator

Stick man.


3 posted on 04/23/2017 1:48:52 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Regulator

The truth:
anti-fascists = Pro-fascists

This is false naming for anti-American propaganda purposes.


4 posted on 04/23/2017 1:50:47 PM PDT by donna (God's standards, like it or not, are the basis for the laws that led to western civilization.)
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To: Regulator
Like MoldyLocks - she was throwing M-80's, bottles and stones, then donned a pair of
lead-filled sap gloves and went around throat punching people.

This guy hit her back and now HE's in trouble! She has raised over $7,000.00 on her GoFundMe page.

He should sue her for every penny of it.


5 posted on 04/23/2017 1:52:16 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: bryan999

The Berkley police suck. They stand by and let rioters attack people and set fires with impunity. But this video is idiotic.
His “evidence” isn’t video of a cop doing something. Its filming a M-80 and then a blast of something at the protest. From that he concludes that the police shot flash bangs at MAGA people because “only police can get flashbangs”. (despite being able to order them online all day long)

His other evidence is a smoke grenade HAD to be police because of the amount of smoke it put out.

Don’t waste your time on this video. Berkley police suck because they stand by and let the masked rioters do as they please. But this is not accurate, or even smart.


6 posted on 04/23/2017 1:54:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: bryan999

Anti-Fa= anti- first amendment.


7 posted on 04/23/2017 1:55:43 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Regulator

The Berkeley Mayor belongs to Antifa - a violent leftist group that organized protests.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/21/berkeley-mayor-publicly-belongs-to-violent-leftist-group/


8 posted on 04/23/2017 1:56:35 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: Bon mots

No, this is all incorrect.

You need to follow Thomas Wictor’s tweets and it’ll all make sense...

@thomaswictor


9 posted on 04/23/2017 1:59:39 PM PDT by bryan999
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To: DesertRhino

Follow his tweets and make up your own mind. I’ve already done so and none of it was a waste of time.

The guy is actually a munitions expert and seems to know what he’s talking about.


10 posted on 04/23/2017 2:04:00 PM PDT by bryan999
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To: DesertRhino

I watched the videos before. There wasn’t a cop in sight.

If anything this is propaganda aimed at distancing the antifags from responsibility for their actions.


11 posted on 04/23/2017 2:40:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: bryan999

The Antifags where tossing M80s into the free speech crowd. The girl who got beat down was putting M80s in glass bottles and toss them as glass frag grenades.


12 posted on 04/23/2017 2:46:09 PM PDT by RedWulf
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To: Bon mots

Great pic!

Communist sneak tactics fascinate me.


13 posted on 04/23/2017 3:07:19 PM PDT by TheNext (TrumpCare SUCKS! But just Build the Wall!)
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To: bryan999

Sorry, not seeing munitions “expert” there. Neither in his evidence, his conclusions, nor in his knowledge. For one, he says only police can get flash bangs. That’s not very expert. Anyone can order them here.

http://www.cmcgov.com/Shop-by-Brand-Listing/CTS-Flash-Bangs/

Then his analysis was utterly without merit. Comparing an M-80 blast to a flashbang blast, and concluding that a blast wasn’t an M-80 isn’t even close to proof the cops fired the device in question.
And still, “only a police or military smoke grenade can make that much smoke”. Laughable.
All kinds of powerful smokes can be easily ordered online.


14 posted on 04/23/2017 3:12:26 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: DesertRhino
MYSTERY: Did Berkeley police fire stun grenades at Trump supporters, instigate clash

Don't know about that, but what I do know is that the police willfully ignored multiple felonious assaults that were being committed in plain view all around them...

15 posted on 04/23/2017 3:23:38 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: RedWulf
The Antifags where tossing M80s into the free speech crowd. The girl who got beat down was putting M80s in glass bottles and toss them as glass frag grenades.

Then this happened...poor kids.


16 posted on 04/23/2017 3:37:04 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: bryan999
@thomaswictor
17 posted on 04/23/2017 3:40:21 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: Bon mots

Yeah. And he also belongs in a jail cell for being a terrorist.

Imagine if a white mayor in the South admitted to being in the Klan.

No difference.


18 posted on 04/23/2017 3:45:00 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: DesertRhino
Berkley police suck because they stand by and let the masked rioters do as they please.

Yet I read this morning that 22 Berkeley police officers claimed they were injured during the riot...go figure.

19 posted on 04/23/2017 3:45:08 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Bon mots

Yeah. Little Bad Girl met reality.

Hopefully more of it on the way for them.


20 posted on 04/23/2017 3:45:58 PM PDT by Regulator
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