Berkeley police arrest 17, seize several makeshift 'weapons' at start of planned protests

Fox news ^ | 05 August 2018 | Robert Gearty

[blueplum]

Police in Berkeley, Calif., arrested at least 17 people Sunday as several hundred people gathered in the city for planned dueling protests that sparked fears of broader violence.

Two groups of alt-right protesters had announced plans for a "No to Marxism" rally at the city's Civic Center Park earlier in the week. That prompted plans for a "Sweep Out The Facists" march and counter-rally that drew hundreds of people downtown.

[blueplum]

lots of mugshots (and they are mugs) at the link. Antifa got their butts handed to them from what I hear.

[SaveFerris]

[Antifa got their butts handed to them from what I hear]

I love happy news.

[BenLurkin]

Most of them look totally unhinged. And many of those look outright evil.

Must be something in the water there.

[TADSLOS]

Take a look at all those mugshots and tell me how many were “alt-right”.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Antifa with weapons?

I’m stunned.

[TigersEye]

Police also banned people from wearing masks, scarves or bandannas or anything covering their faces except for religious or medical reasons.

It's a good thing pug ugly isn't an exception or they'd all be allowed required to wear masks.

[allendale]

They are rushing in and not watching their flanks or backs. Understand at least two will not be up to answering the call for the next gathering.

[Sarah Barracuda]

These vermin are obviously pillars of the community/sarc

[The_Media_never_lie]

Any fool wearing a mask in public should be warned, then arrested. No legitimate reason to be anonymous.

[Figment]

Injuries evident in several of the mug shots

[Lazamataz]

Jeez. Looks like one of those “Faces Of Meth” posters.

[Ben Ficklin]

I read the article and nowhere does it mention Antifa.

I looked at the photos and there were no Antifa.

I looked at the video and there were no antifa.

[Fhios]

They all look like they’ve just been kicked off of welfare or something.

I would like to see the police come down harder on masked or disguised protesters. Make them a priority for the snatch teams.

[txrefugee]

Nice to hear that our lads won.

[M Kehoe]

I would have preferred these three wearing their masks.

5.56mm

[LegendHasIt]

Yeah, I noticed that Faux made no effort to identify WHICH ‘side’ any of the miscreants was on

[Disambiguator]

Look more carefully at the photos. You will see an antifa flag rolled up.

[Jim Noble]

Antifa are not afraid of Republicans.

Like all communists, they are afraid of fascism.

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

Is this the only news story you’ve read on the events in Berkeley?