anti & pro 45 protestors brawl at Berkeley

[Takket]

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/04/counter-protesters-rally-ahead-of-planned-pro-trump-march-in-berkeley/

This is very hard to read because they put the recent updates at the top not the bottom. so you have to start halfway down then move up....... its awkward. poorly laid out, but you'll get it lol

6 p.m.: Berkeley police say seven people were evaluated for medical injuries, but none needed nor wanted to go to the hospital. A total of 10 people were arrested, including five for battery, four for assault with a deadly weapon (including one with possession of a dagger) and one for resisting arrest. Police reported items confiscated among the combatants were: “metal pipes, bats, 2x4s and pieces of wood. A group with bricks was detained, and their bricks confiscated.”

[guillaumeb]

1. Trump supporters carrying batons, knives, and shields.

Just the thing to carry at a peaceful march.

[Willie Pep]

3. I guess coming to protests armed is the new normal.

This country is really in trouble if this sort of thing becomes common. Will we become like Weimar Germany with political radicals fighting in the streets? I hope not.

[bhowle]

2. time to cut some heads n/t

[ProudLib72]

4. Looks bad for both sides but

tRump is going to spin this so that the libruls are the evil ones. His supporters will lap it up.

[rgbecker]

5. Unless someone has a report of an earlier event,

I think this is the first violent clash between Trump Supporters and his opponents.

March 4, 2017.

I predict more and more until the kettle blows.

It was just 5 guys killed in Boston that arguably could be called the start of the American Revolution.

[DeminPennswoods]

6. Then there's this...

Many of the Trump supporters, some wearing kilts, were carrying wooden shields with a ‘V’ on them.

Another group with pink masks carried shields with three arrows on them, calling themselves the “Pastel Bloc,” and said they were there to counter any violence from “Black Bloc” protesters.