Cops must never stand down against ‘antifa’ thugs

NY Post ^ | August 28, 2017 | Post Editorial Board

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Many on the left are starting to see the goons of Antifa as the menace they are. Too bad the Berkeley, Calif., Police Department remains clueless.

The college town saw a large Rally Against Hate on Sunday, initially planned as a response to a right-wing demonstration that wound up canceled over security concerns.

A few pro-Trumpers and other miscellaneous rightists still turned out to show their flags — and so did the ninja-wannabes.

Yet when hundreds of masked, armored thugs arrived in quasi-military formation, carrying shields banned under police rules, the cops were ordered to retreat.

Some 400 officers from the Berkeley, Oakland, UC Berkeley and Alameda County forces had been keeping control, confiscating anything that could be used as a weapon.

But when the goons broke through police barricades and checkpoints and started beating and pepper-spraying others, “We made a strategic decision to move our officers,” said Berkeley police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats.

As the police left, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Lizzie Johnson tweeted: “A sea of black masks as far as I can see. This is what WAS NOT supposed to happen.”

Berkeley’s police chief, Andrew Greenwood, argued that his orders avoided violence: “The potential use of force became very problematic,” and he didn’t see a “need for a confrontation over a grass patch.”

[Oshkalaboomboom]

This isn't a case of clueless police, more like a clueless Post editorial board. Antifa is being used as the enforcement arm of the Democratic party to shut down anything they disagree with.

[joshua c]

Will Antifa be at polling places to intimidate voters?

[kallisti]

He didn’t see a “need for a confrontation over a grass patch.” That’s astounding.

[piasa]

Why not... if they can get away with controlling any patch of grass then a polling place should be easy.

[Slyfox]

We need to call them what they are:

Anti First Amendment

As in, "Those Anti First Amendment folks."

NOT antifa.

[cartan]

Will Antifa be at polling places to intimidate voters?

Hey, they’d just make sure that nobody will vote for Nazis! Who could possibly be against that? ;-\

[BookmanTheJanitor]

“need for a confrontation over a grass patch.”

WTF? Those aren't grass patches...those are people. The people you swore to protect. At the minimum least, you should be fired.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

The Chief of Police of Berkeley is to law enforcement as Helen Keller was to astronomy.

[from occupied ga]

Agree that the police are NOT clueless. They actively conspired with the thugs to disarm the conservatives and leave them vulnerable to the violent left. The police are not now nor have they ever been our friends. They are simply the part of the government that uses force to accomplish its goals. In this case the goal was suppressing conservative voices. They are the “standing army” that the founders warned against.

[LeoWindhorse]

ANTIFA = shoot on sight . It would only take a few massacres and they would fade entirely from the national scene .
Trump needs to heed the petition , declare them a terrorist organization , and give LEO’s & militia shoot on sight clearance . They are are a clear and present danger to our nation and need to be expunged entirely . No quarter . Target practice .

[Mr Radical]

As the police left, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Lizzie Johnson tweeted: “A sea of black masks as far as I can see. This is what WAS NOT supposed to happen.”

Actually, this is precisely what WAS planned to happen.

[Gay State Conservative]

Nazis...the Klan...Maoist anarchists...they're all filthy punks.The problem is that the anarchists are much,*much* more numerous and much,*much* more violent than the Nazis and Klan members combined.

That's something that Joe "Dead Girl,What Dead Girl?" Scarborough and his little piece of "fun" will never,*ever*,acknowledge.

[mad_as_he$$]

Thee are reports this am that cops in Berkeley “felt intimated” by ANTIFA. What kind of pu$$y cops are they hiring? Cops usually win gang fights because they bring more guys. They could of taken control in Berkeley easily has they just nutted up and done their job. Any and all injuries of peaceful protestors is on them.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

And DJT wants to give these police military grade weaponry? Who does he think they will use it against?

[TheNext]

PRO HATE

You hate lung cancer because it hurts you.

[mad_as_he$$]

Stopping that program was about the only thing Obama did that I agreed with. If the cops back down like in Berkeley last week end then who gets control of abandoned equipment?

[Candor7]

This isn’t a case of clueless police, more like a clueless Post editorial board. Antifa is being used as the enforcement arm of the Democratic party to shut down anything they disagree with. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Liberal fascist thugs. And they need to be stopped....dead if necessary.

And where did these ANTIFA liberal fascists come from?

Good Read:

Barrack Obama: The Quintessential Liberal Fascist ( Please, please read!)

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html

[\/\/ayne]

These police officers who let mobs run wild under political orders must have no self-respect at all. Is the entire department corrupt? I guess it can happen if they only hire Democrats.

[The_Media_never_lie]

This isn't a case of clueless police, more like a clueless Post editorial board. Antifa is being used as the enforcement arm of the Democratic party to shut down anything they disagree with.

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Has any D'rat politician ever been held accountable for a failure to denounce antifa thugs?

[The_Media_never_lie]

These police officers who let mobs run wild under political orders must have no self-respect at all.

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Police officers have been ordered to stand down by their leadership. The officers have no choice. They cannot disregard their commanders.