Posted on 08/27/2017 4:01:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BERKELEY, Calif. (KCRA) Ten people were arrested Sunday as protesters and counterprotesters marched through Berkeley to a downtown park for a rally, police said.
The people were arrested for "various violations thus far," Berkeley police said.
Three of the people detained had violated the no-mask rule, KCRA reporter Mike Luery said. One woman arrested had allegedly assaulted a photographer, KCRA reporter Vicki Gonzalez said. Two men were arrested after exchanging blows. The SFGate reported they were quickly swept up by officers inside Civic Center Park.
Police detained Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson at the protests. The SFGate reported he was handcuffed after being chased by a mob of demonstrators who took swings at him and pepper sprayed him.
Around 2:30 p.m., thousands of protesters streamed out of Civic Center Park and started marching north on Martin Luther King Way, police said.
About 4,000 people converged at the park as clashes broke out between right-wing and left-wing groups, police said.
"We have received reports of several fights breaking out," police said in a statement Sunday afternoon. "As a reminder, please separate yourself from any violence so that police can direct their resources as needed."
People part of the Bay Area Rally Against Hate marched from the UC Berkeley campus to Civic Center Park Sunday morning.
The event is one of several rallies that had been called for Sunday in Berkeley, a day after a controversial freedom rally planned by Gibson in San Francisco fizzled amid throngs of counterprotesters.
In a statement early Sunday, the group said "we fully intend to move forward with (the Rally Against Hate)" on the university campus despite calls by the university police department for people to stay away for safety reasons.
A right-wing rally, billed as "No To Marxism in America", was initially called for Sunday afternoon but then canceled over the weekend.
Organizer Amber Cummings said that Berkeley officials and left-wing extremists made it impossible to hold the event and she would be the sole attendee.
However, Sunday morning hundreds of counter-protesters showed up in response to the march.
By 1 p.m., the crowd had grown from hundreds to thousands.
A skirmish broke out between several dozen left-wing demonstrators and a handful of right-wing supporters.
The skirmish was tense but ended quickly.
The left-wing protesters surrounded the small number of right-wing supporters, then shouted at them and pushed them. The right-wing protesters sought protection from police and were escorted away.
Police had set up barricades in the downtown Berkeley park in preparation for possible demonstrations by the right-wing and left-wing groups.
Police with bomb-sniffing dogs checked the grounds of Civic Center Park early Sunday, San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Berkeley police put into place several rules in response the protests, stating, "To ensure the peaceful expression of free speech, the City of Berkeley will be prohibiting sticks, pipes, poles and anything else that can be used for a 'riot' at Civic Center Park."
Other banned items include explosives, pepper spray, axes, dogs (except for service animals), eggs, torches and more.
Police also said anything that "covers or partially covers the face and shields the wearer's face from view, or partially from view, is prohibited."
However, protesters with an anti-fascists group arrived at the park wearing masks and hoods that covered their faces.
The protesters pushed their way past police barricades and into Civic Center Park. They assaulted at least three people by punching and kicking them.
Police broke up the fights, using what appeared to be a smoke grenade to stop one scuffle. The three people who were attacked ran behind police lines to escape.
Numerous road closures are in place as the demonstrations continued into Sunday afternoon.
Disgraceful.
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Antifa and Black Lives Matter are part of the Delusional Lying Leftist Reign of Terror which will be shut down across the country as soon as law enforcement does their job.
LOCK ‘EM UP!!!
What about the people that attacked him? Why were they not arrested?
The guy gets chased and assaulted so he gets handcuffed?
Law enforcement is controlled by mayors, for the most part. Most medium to big cities have Democratic mayors. Not gonna happen.
Well, these cops are working in enemy territory. Thanks to Obama, they probably thought that if a video surfaced of them protecting anyone, the enemedia’s screeching narrative would be, “Police protect nazi white nationalists.” or something similar.
They have zero backup from their leadership, and are unable to do their jobs.
JMHO.
MUST WATCH VIDEO!
BREAKING NEWS: Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson URGENT Press Conference
Multi-racial, multi-ethnic dress down of media lies ...including folks who were initially and violently anti-Trump during the campaign and have since recognized that they've been played by the media for fools. They are angry and dressing down the press.
aunti fa and only BLM are Terrorist organizations along with the crips and the bloods. Why are they safe harbored?
The level of lefty violence was much, MUCH higher than the MSM is showing.
this was a really big deal.
Thank You for sharing this video too.
“Pelosis White Supremacist Prayer Organizer Responds: Im Brown, Shes Trying to Rile Up Citizens to Violence”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3578869/posts
This is the organizer.
“Im not white. We have about eight speakers and only one speaker is white. You know, we have a couple of black speakers, a Hispanic, we have a transsexual speaker; we have a woman speaker. Its very diverse. Its really just about whats on the inside what you believe, whats in your heart, your soul it has nothing to do with skin color.”
Bkmk
Nuremberg Defense don’t lead anywhere but a short drop for a roped neck.
“I was just following orders”.
Uh huh.
“Nancy Pelosi, SF Mayor Accuse Man Behind SF Free Speech Rally of White Supremacy: Im Japanese”
“And now theyre going to give it as a venue to Nazis and white nationalists, Pelosi said.”
“Im Japanese, Gibson said. We have three black speakers, a couple Hispanic, an atheist, a transsexual Were extremely diverse.
Its really irresponsible for the leaders to call me a white supremacist, Gibson added. Its completely unfounded.
so the rasta dude in the video, he kicks the guy first, realizes he’s being photographed and then shields the guy as a fakeout? or is he just picking his pocket?
Flag guy stabs the guy on the ground? and the girl center stage and the man to the right of her are together - a thing. you can tell by the way she touches him. Find them and you’ll find many more.
Berkeley violence today:
Thanks, gaijin.
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Thanks, gaijin.
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