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Seventeen people were arrested in connection with Sunday protests, Berkeley police said, posting the offenders' mugshots on its Twitter page. Most were detained for possessing banned weapons, battery, vandalism and working with others to commit a crime.
The epicenter of the protest was Civic Center Park where several scuffles broke out.
Live video from the scene showed protesters beating drums and chanting slogans as police officers tried to separate rival crowds. The right-wing rally participants were seen carrying US flags and banners supporting the US President Donald Trump and shouting slogans against "communism," while the left-wing counter-protesters could be heard chanting "No Trump, no KKK [Ku Klux Klan], no fascist USA" and "Fascists out of Berkeley!"
Heavy police presence in full riot gear was aimed at preventing the opposing rallies from clashing, according to authorities.
"We're not going to allow anyone who has banned items into that park. We're also making an effort to keep opposing groups separated," Berkeley Police spokesman Officer Byron White told Berkleyside.
Earlier, the city of Berkeley issued a list of banned weapons and items, which included "sticks, pipes, poles and anything else that can be used for a 'riot.'"
The right-wing rally dubbed "No to Marxism in America 2 / Exposing Communism" was sponsored by Amber Gwen Cummings, a self-described transgender patriot, who says she has a beef with radical, violent leftists, who self-describe as antifascists. The Sunday event is a follow-up to a similar rally that Cummings organized in August 2017.
The last year march ended up with some protesters being arrested and some people being seriously injured, prompting the police to take heavy security measures this time. The counter-protests are particularly attended by the members of leftist groups Refuse Fascism and By Any Means Necessary, along with a few others.
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And though 'The Green Berets' had come out before that event; I can't recall, watching it now, if the scene where the GI is booby trapped into the wall of knives was:
- A the inspiration for my approach of attack; OR,
- A case of concurrent invention.
As B.C. pointed out, maybe such experiences made me tougher to tackle what life as an 'adult' then, and has since, held in store.
R.C.
P.s., I am just dying to hear the thoughts, wit, and levity of HFL, RC., Rocky, et al. as re the almost certainly 'limp wristed'* 'fights'... (and, of course those timeless and classy proud to be ladies: LM, P&T, et alia. (Apologies to ALL unmentioneds!)
* A 'gunner's' term, referencing the effect of a too lightly held semi auto pistol (usually of 9 mm or greater bore) where the failure to hold the pistol firmly while firing results in a failure to reload/return to battery.
RC
This 'deathless' occasion is a ripe and prime target for some humor!
Y'all Go! Say yer piece, I need the laughs!
R.C.
Keep your guns loaded and keep them close.... The day is soon upon us.
Jeezus, what a confused generation of f-ed up mutants.
"Shoot Antifa to kill on sight .... they are thugs, muggers and a waste of humanity. They are nothing more than the heavies for the liberals..."
If you feel that threatened by these wholly unthreatening uber cringe-y Mom's-basement-dwellers, you must be as floppy in the pocket and as oestregen-drenched hysterical as they are.
"I use to know a dog like this. He would bark just to hear his head rattle. None of his barking did anything. The house robbed clean. Meanwhile.....the darn dog barked. How many idiots does it take to figure out that the light bulb was stolen a long time ago. Bark bark....while most of your state burns. So very sad. I wonder how many of their neighbors are homeless while they bark."
I doubt if anyone could have put it better.
LOL.
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