Posted on 08/29/2017 12:34:56 PM PDT by Trump20162020
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin on Monday said it is time to confront the violent extremism on the left by treating black-clad Antifa protesters as a gang.
A large number of masked Antifa activists were seen jumping the barriers at a largely peaceful demonstration in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Civic Center Park on Sunday.
Some began attacking Trump supporters at the rally.
“I think we should classify them as a gang,” said Arreguin. “They come dressed in uniforms. They have weapons, almost like a militia and I think we need to think about that in terms of our law enforcement approach.”
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That was unexpected!
I bet he will be sorry he said that
Wow, a moment of clarity and truth from a liberal Democrat!
Gangs have turf, deal drugs, etc. Terrorists have political ojectives. AntiFa are terrorists.
I got a name of the "gang" DNG aka Douche Nozzle Gang.....
A nice start but let’s get real. It’s a terrorist organization and should be called out as such.
Getting warmer, closer, closer...
I prefer to call the AntiFirstAmendments enemies of the USA that our politicians and the military are doing nothing about even though they took an oath to defend the constitution from enemies foreign AND domestic.
Wow...you’re right. The antifa scum are probably denouncing him as a Nazi and a racist right about now.
Serves him right for encouraging those jerks in the first place.
Uh oh. Now he’s gone and done it..
Dumbass mayor and his “party puppeteers” finally realize that no conventions, seminars, tourists in Berkeley = no revenue for the city. It’s the only thing these corrupt officials understand, but only after they’re dragged kicking and streaming to it.
I thought this mayor was part of the problem in Berkeley - is he trying to bargain downward to settle on gang status instead of terrorist status, or is he really fed up with them?
They are terrorists.
He wants them classified as a gang because then the law will go easier on them.
If they’re a terrorist group, legally things are nasty for them.
The mayor is a friend of the Antifa.
Welcome to the party, pal.
AntiFa shenanigans must be polling poorly for the DIMS.
Sinn Fein said worse things about the IRA when forced for PR reasons. And still kept working toward the same goals knowing they need each other.
Will the mayor help put anyone in prison? Or is the “the correct PR statement” for the moment in order to continue working together in the future?
Guessing he’s getting a lot of angry calls from people who actually own property.
He doesn’t have to worry about re-election until 2020, so he can either apologize tomorrow or next week if necessary and all will be forgiven, or in 2+ years if leftist freaks still remember this and care.
They rarely care.
I hear KKK Recruiter Sen. Robert Byrd “apologized”, too, and I can buy his book to read it, and he is beloved by the leftist freaks.
The big radio blowtorches such as Rush and Hannity *really* need to promote this to get it over the 1.1 million mark (that's the number of crybabies begging to see Trump's tax returns).
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