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| Subject: Hundreds of Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash at Berkeley rally Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:55 pm | |
| Hundreds of pro-Trump demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed Saturday at a “Patriots Day” rally in Berkeley, the third time the two groups engaged in violent confrontations on city streets in recent months.
Fist fights broke out among members of both groups on the streets around Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, where pro-Trump supporters had scheduled a rally. Fireworks and smoke bombs were thrown into the crowd, and a few demonstrators were doused with pepper spray.
At least a dozen people were arrested, according to some media reports.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, said he came from Montana with about 50 others to protect Trump supporters. They were joined by bikers and others who vowed to fight members of an anti-fascist group if they crossed police barricades.
"I don't mind hitting” the counter-demonstrators, whom he called “neo-Nazis," Rhodes said. "In fact, I would kind of enjoy it."
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-trump-rally-20170415-story.html |
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CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: Re: Hundreds of Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash at Berkeley rally Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:25 pm | |
| That anti-intellectual Berkeley sewer needs to be shut down!
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