Outside anarchists, not CAL students, were responsible for the violence at Berkeley.

[pnwmom]

As a positive protest against Milo Y., the students had planned an LGBT dance party, complete with a live band. But their party was invaded by black-clad, masked agitators who drove in from off campus -- and attacked some of the students.

http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2017/2/2/14482840/anarchists-uc-berkeley-violence-protests-california-golden-bears

Anarchists from around the Bay Area, NOT Cal students, were the ones who demonstrated violently last night in Berkeley. Utilizing typical black bloc techniques, they hijacked last night’s peaceful student protest of a certain speaker and turned it into the uncomfortable display that was aired throughout the nation.

SNIP

The masked agitators came to campus eastbound on Bancroft Way, and fire damage and other destruction to the Stiles Hall construction site, where a new residence hall is planned, was reported. The group entered campus and immediately began throwing rocks at officers. In an effort to avoid injuries to innocent members of the surrounding crowd who might have been caught in the middle, police officers exercised restraint and did not respond with force.

Agitators also attacked some members of the crowd who were rescued by police. UCPD reported no major injuries and about a half dozen minor injuries. Mutual aid officers from the city of Oakland and from Alameda County arrived at Berkeley around 7:45 p.m. to assist UCPD and Berkeley city police.

[RelativelyJones]

1. Violence always hijacks the message

When there is no violence the power of the message grows and grows. The Women's March is the perfect example of that. When violent anarchists selfishly get in on the act it kneecaps the entire protest.

[applegrove]

2. Criminals.

[CottonBear]

3. The outside agitators were agents provocateurs.

The question for journalists and police is who organized, employed and or funded this masked group of agitators?



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateurb

[mopinko]

4. and how come none of they got arrested.

things that make you go hmmmm.

[jmg257]

5. That is is beyond me - 150 people throwing bricks explosives, molotov cocktails, and

lighting fires and breaking windows and shit, and the 1 kid detained wasn't one of them.

Crazy.

[CottonBear]

6. Exactly. Not a single one arrested.

Hmmmm?

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

7. WHO is organizing the(peaceful) demos - yall have to take responsibility and nip it b4 it starts -

here in WI organizers + many others walked around with signs on their backs stating "this is a peaceful protest" , and it was stated frequently by the speakers... and a lot of us took responsibility for talking to those in our midst who seemed to not have a clue as to the purpose of what we were doing. I encountered a couple of guys who had come from Oakland (in fact) who told us that there they fought the cops because "they had to," (supposedly) but said they had come to see the wisdom of how we were doing it

Im sure there are organizers/people more savvy than I who can advise in more precise detail, but my point is it is possible to keep your message from being hijacked.... to some extent.... there still will be the disinformation campaign by ultra right media to smear us.