Posted on 08/06/2018 7:49:48 AM PDT by ETL
An Antifa protest in Berkeley turned violent Sunday when one masked group member sucker-punched a detractor and other agitators smashed the windows at a Marine Corps recruiting post, cellphone video showed.
Authorities arrested 20 people during the dueling California demonstrations between Antifa and individuals affiliated with the so-called "alt-right." Three people suffered minor injuries after a group of "extremists" threw "explosives" -- believed to be fireworks and flares -- at police and the Alameda County Sheriff's officers. No members of law enforcement were hurt.
In a series of photos posted to Twitter by filmmaker Ford Fischer, members of Antifa can be seen smashing the windows of the U.S. Marines Corps recruiting office on Shattuck Avenue.
"No police were around as the black bloc traveled down the street, and a handful used hammers to smash the windows of Shattuck Ave US Marine Corps Recruiting office," Fischer wrote in a tweet.
He added: "After I filmed the antifa break the Marine Corps office window and throw a torch into a dumpster, one of them called a few over to confront me. They basically told me to leave, implying attack if I didn't. I left. 'Get the f--- back. Cops aren't here. They won't help you."
Besides the damage to the Marine Corps post, Berkeley police also said "an extremist element among a large group" damaged 21 city vehicles, setting one on fire, and slashed their tires. The group also set fires in trash bins, which were extinguished quickly. Officials did not identify the "extremist element."
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Berkeley Police announced the arrests on Sunday of three protesters on weapon possession charges: (left to right) Jason Wallach, 41, Kate Brenner, 69, and Kristen Edith Koster, 50. (Berkeley Police Department)
Berkeley, Calif., police arrested 20 people Sunday and confiscated "dozens of weapons" as members of so-called "alt-right" and far-left groups gathered in the city for opposing protests.
In addition to the arrests, officials said three people suffered minor injuries after a group of "extremists" threw "explosives" -- believed to be fireworks and flares -- at police and Alameda County Sheriff's officers. No members of law enforcement were hurt.
Berkeley police also said that "an extremist element among a large group" damaged 21 city vehicles, setting one on fire, and slashed their tires. The group also set fires in trash bins, which were extinguished quickly.
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 Fascists" march and counter-rally that drew hundreds of people downtown.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that several dozen "anti-Marxist" protesters arrived at Civic Center at 12:30 p.m. At one point, the group pushed books off a table set up by a local Communist bookstore, but police and bystanders stepped in to head off any potential confrontation.
City officials said neither group had sought or obtained a permit for their respective rallies. On Friday, police issued rules prohibiting masks and items that could be used as weapons.
The police department posted photos of weapons they had seized on Facebook and Twitter. They included a hammer, rocks, wooden sticks, metal rods, and canisters of pepper spray.
“We are confiscating weapons and making arrests,” police said.
Sixteen of the arrested protesters had been identified as of Sunday evening. They included Jason Wallach, 41, and Kate Brenner, 69, both of Oakland, who were charged with possession of a banned weapon, police said. Another Oakland native, 35-year-old Andres Gonzalez, was charged with five counts of carrying a banned weapon. Jeffrey Garten, 28, of Oakland was charged with a single count of carrying a banned weapon. ..."
Arrested protesters Maria Lewis and Thomas Parker.
Arrested protesters David Chou and Freddy Martinez.
Ping.
Imagine that NRA members were smashing the windows of DNC offices in Berkeley.
Do you think the reporting would be as sanguine?
Commie-fa’s a bunch of criminals... Is the corrupt FBI protecting them because they’re a ‘progressive’ group?
Exactly.
Not to mention the original story with this event painted the “alt right” as the cause of weapons confiscations and failed to even mention Antifa as the ones creating the violence.
sheesh if i looked like those 3 perps at the top, i would wear a mask every day. They look rough like druggies or worse.
the group pushed books off a table set up by a local Communist bookstore,
Pictorial display of total losers.
I suppose no actual Marines were around at the time...
To the one on the right, I can only relay Uncle Buck's words of wisdom:
Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, madam.
1968 never really ended, did it?
“I suppose no actual Marines were around at the time...”
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I was thinking the same thing.
If Marines were present, a number of Antifa heads would have been busted,
Methinks, Antifa just picked the wrong fight. Some “dungaree liberty” might be in order.
There are good reasons why it’s still called “Berserkely”.
Now that they’ve attacked a USMC recruiting post, doesn’t that make it a federal crime?
One of them several years ago tossed an explosive at the recruitment center in New York's Times Square. No one's yet been caught, but it almost certainly was one of them (anarco-communist revolutionary)
Actually, that's not as bad as this 16-foot tall statue of Lenin in Seattle, Washington. And as a side note, statues of Robert E. Lee are coming down everywhere. But yet the statue of Bloody Lenin still stands.
> Now that they’ve attacked a USMC recruiting post, doesn’t that make it a federal crime? <
Sessions will look into it as soon as he gets up from his sleepy-time nap.
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