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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:24 PM Mar 2017

Scattered fistfights break out at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley

Source: SF Chronicle

A Berkeley rally by supporters of President Trump turned violent Saturday afternoon as fistfights broke out between marchers and counter protesters, with crowds of masked anarchists joining the fray.

The rally began at 2 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park — less than a mile from the UC Berkeley campus where weeks ago violence broke out against a planned but later canceled appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.

But fighting started even before the event began, with people throwing punches and tossing blue smoke bombs. While hundreds of people filled the park, it wasn’t immediately clear how many Trump supporters were mixed in with the anarchists and counter demonstrators.

But by 3 p.m., the self-proclaimed anarchists seemed to dominate the crowd. Dressed all in black and wearing cloth masks over their faces, they stopped traffic as they marched from the park through downtown toward UC Berkeley with the smaller mix of Trump supporters and counter protesters.

Read more: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Scattered-fist-fights-break-out-at-pro-Trump-10977508.php

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Scattered fistfights break out at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2017 OP
Would really like to know where the anarchists come from dhol82 Mar 2017 #1
See this info BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #4
Thanks. Interesting article. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #7
Thanks for the link dhol82 Mar 2017 #10
I stumbled on one of their sites a few weeks ago BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #12
Great article easttexaslefty Mar 2017 #14
If they were zentrum Mar 2017 #22
Yes, it seems like Yupster Mar 2017 #24
Black Bloc at it again. nt BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #2
Those anarchists need to be captured, convicted and given long terms. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #3
+1 2naSalit Mar 2017 #5
+1 Hekate Mar 2017 #6
Great ideas bravenak Mar 2017 #9
Thank you. Agree. dhol82 Mar 2017 #11
Lots of protesters keithbvadu2 Mar 2017 #8
AntiTrump activist says trump supporter hit her on the head with a flag #abc7news Quixote1818 Mar 2017 #13
oh well heaven05 Mar 2017 #15
I saw a guy in Florida today wearing a t-shirt doc03 Mar 2017 #16
It's what drump wants a civil war - it's caused by his divisive stands. Leaders are supposed to... iluvtennis Mar 2017 #17
It would be a really short Civil War! And we'd win again! Initech Mar 2017 #19
Are we talking one on one fights? Or group shootouts? sysops666 Mar 2017 #23
Stay classy Trump fans! Initech Mar 2017 #18
the best thing since bread has been sliced!!! This is good ANTIFTA juxtaposed Mar 2017 #20
usatoday.com said thousands turn out for trump rallies mdbl Mar 2017 #21

BumRushDaShow

(128,979 posts)
12. I stumbled on one of their sites a few weeks ago
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:48 PM
Mar 2017

and they insisted that they were "anti-capitalists". To each his own and agree that their tactics actually don't touch the people they are railing against but innocents.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
22. If they were
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:40 PM
Mar 2017

....a few Black kids in hoodies you can damn well be sure they'd be grabbed, slammed to the ground, handcuffed, arrested.

It's really odd that none of these guys ever gets arrested.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
3. Those anarchists need to be captured, convicted and given long terms.
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:31 PM
Mar 2017

They are just making trouble for the sake of making trouble. Taking over peaceful demonstrations is not acceptable. They are anti-democratic (little d).

If you ever find your self in a fight with one, rip off their masks, pull off their shirts. Use any means to remove their anonymity and make each one identifiable.

Tag them with tenacious but washable fluorescent spray paint. Different color combos for each one so that the police can go after the meanest most violent ones.


Quixote1818

(28,936 posts)
13. AntiTrump activist says trump supporter hit her on the head with a flag #abc7news
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:49 PM
Mar 2017


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heaven05

(18,124 posts)
15. oh well
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:57 PM
Mar 2017

I'm supposed to be shocked or care? Nope. This cancer is just starting, it will metastasize....

doc03

(35,337 posts)
16. I saw a guy in Florida today wearing a t-shirt
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 09:10 PM
Mar 2017

that said Trump Nazies Fuck Off. That takes guts with all the gun toters here.

iluvtennis

(19,858 posts)
17. It's what drump wants a civil war - it's caused by his divisive stands. Leaders are supposed to...
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 09:12 PM
Mar 2017

...bring ppl together. dRump is NO LEADER.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
19. It would be a really short Civil War! And we'd win again!
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 09:56 PM
Mar 2017

There were hundreds of thousands of people at the women's march in similar cities - and no one got arrested. At their rallies, 100 people show up and 5 get arrested. Gee, whose side would win?

sysops666

(2 posts)
23. Are we talking one on one fights? Or group shootouts?
Sun Mar 5, 2017, 11:26 AM
Mar 2017

Last edited Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:01 PM - Edit history (1)

The logistics of a civil war intrigues me.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
21. usatoday.com said thousands turn out for trump rallies
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 10:21 PM
Mar 2017

and in the article they site a few hundred here and a hundred there.

That's hardly thousands. Are they doing headlines like trump's tweets?

Anyway, to the trump supporters at the rally all i can say is "you stupid people"

That's all.

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