Just as I suspected, the leftists were there to cause trouble and they got it in spades. The police were foolish not to be more proactive in separating the leftists from the permit holders. I'm certain that had the Antifa BLM not been there, it would have been a non-story, maybe showing up on page six, right next to "Peruvian Bus Plunge Kills 25".
There should be a lawsuit on the part of the permit holders. The police were negligent, and if there were any "civil rights" violations it is obvious that the alt-right were the victims.
Berkeley, DC, Charlottesville — violence and destruction is the Antifa/BLM method of operation. Don't the police have any intelligence briefings on who these people are? Over 200 Antifa got arrested and are on trial for riot, vandalism, and destruction of property in DC during the inauguration. They have caused havoc in Berkeley, shutting down the civil rights of anyone they don't agree with.
Nota bene: The Antifa are avowed anarchists hellbent on chaos and destruction. They are not kumbaya peaceniks. It looks like Charlottesville's Andy and Barney Fife fell down on this one. They were too busy putting on their Rambo costumes.
Antifa seems to be a rebranding of the Anarchy crowd. They rebranded and now represent a accepted (by the left) portion of the left protest movement.