Six people, including officer, injured in Berkeley rioting as leftists attack cops, political foes
Police arrest 13 for battery, vandalism, assault
 A demonstrator is arrested during a free speech rally Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson) more >
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Monday, August 28, 2017
Six people were injured, including a police officer, and 13 protesters arrested Sunday after a violent black-masked antifa mob swarmed Berkeley in order to protest a previously cancelled rally against Marxism.
“One officer was injured during an arrest and several officers were struck with paint,” said the Berkeley Police Department in a press release. “Six people were injured and treated by paramedics. Two of those individuals were transported to local hospitals for treatment.”
The 13 people arrested in the melee face a variety of charges, including battery, vandalism, assault with a deadly weapon and felony assault.
Thousands of protesters descended Sunday on Civic Center Park in Berkeley to counter the scheduled No to Marxism in America rally, even though the event’s organizers had cancelled it the day before over fears of violence.
Those fears were founded. Video taken in Berkeley by local news crews, including KCRA-TV in Sacramento, showed one man falling to the ground as he was beaten by black-masked protesters, and another being hit by sticks or bats.
Joey Gibson, founder of Patriot Prayer, was hit with a pole, sprayed with tear gas and struck with thrown debris as he tried to escape from an angry crowd, as shown on video taken at the protest. |
