Via The L.A. Times:
Hundreds of pro-Trump demonstrators and counter-protesters clashed Saturday at a “Patriots Day” rally in Berkeley, the third time the two groups engaged in violent confrontations on city streets in recent months.
Fistfights broke out near Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, where Trump supporters had scheduled a rally. Fireworks and smoke bombs were thrown into the crowd, and a few demonstrators were doused with pepper spray.
Both groups threw rocks and sticks at each other and used a large trash bin as a battering ram as the crowd moved around the perimeter of the park. One bank boarded up its ATM machines before the rally as a precaution.
Sixteen people were arrested, said Officer Jennifer Coats of the Berkeley Police Department. Nine people were injured, with six taken to a hospital for treatment, including one stabbing victim, she said.
Shane Bauer, senior reporter for Mother Jones, was tweeting from Berkeley most of the day. Check out some of the "action" via Bauer's Twitter feed:
After hours of street fights, alt-right, proud boys, and nazis have taken downtown Berkeley. pic.twitter.com/Qj8b2JvSvb— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
This is when Trump supporters, the alt-right, nazis, Proud Boys, militia, etc. pushed through and took downtown Berkeley. pic.twitter.com/21IPF3iBlW— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
.@BasedStickMan_ says "Berkeley got sacked." To Seattle, Boston, and other cities: "We're coming for you." pic.twitter.com/PPyN44IBKM— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
I tell a police officer I've been seeing people get beat up all day and they haven't been around. "Okay, and?" he says. pic.twitter.com/OuGEcvvb8R— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
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