Rival Protesters Clash Over Trump

>> RIVAL PROTESTERS CLASHED ñ THERE WERE PROTESTS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
TWO OF THEM.
THEY CLASHED AND BUBBLED OVER INTO VIOLENCE IN
BERKELEY, THE OTHER IN TEXAS.
FIRST, AND BERKELEY POLICE ARRESTED 13.
THERE WAS A CAMP
FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS
AND
OPPONENTS.
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN BERKELEY WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS
BILLED AS PATRIOTS' DAY.
THERE WERE ABOUT 500 TO 1000 PEOPLE AT
ITS PEAK.
EVENTUALLY IT BECAME VIOLENT.
IT IS A
REALLY
UPSETTING VIDEO.
HE IS AN
ATTENDANT AT CAL STATE STANISLAUS.
WHAT WAS GOING OVER
IN AUSTIN TEXAS?
THE ALT-RIGHT BLOGGER SAYS HE WAS ASSAULTED.
LET'S LOOK AT A VIDEO OF HIS EXPERIENCE.
>> I'M BEING ASSAULTED.
THIS IS ASSAULT.
I AM BEING
PUSHED.
I AM UNDER ASSAULT.
>> IT APPEARS THAT HE IS WHISPERING SWEET NOTHINGS INTO
HIS EAR OTHER THAN ASSAULTING
HIM.
HE IS A SPECIAL LITTLE SNOWFLAKE IN THIS CASE.
THAT
PART I THINK IS NOT A BIG DEAL.
I LOVE PROTEST, I THINK IT IS
THE MOST AMERICAN THING YOU CAN DO.
I JUST DON'T LIKE WHEN IT
GETS PHYSICAL.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVOKE ONE ANOTHER.
>>HE TAKES TO THE STAGE AND START SAYING IT IN THE
MICROPHONE.
HE WAS SHUFFLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND THEN HE STARTS
YELLING.
HE WAS ATTENDING.
PROTESTERS WERE CALLING TO SEE
DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS.
THIS WAS PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE DONALD
TRUMP IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
>>THEY LOVE PLAYING THE VICTIM ñ THE RIGHT-WING GUYS.
>> WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO IS PROVOKE AND IF ANYONE GETS CLOSE
TO THEM THAT THEY CLAIM THEY ARE
VICTIMS.
THAT IS PART OF HIS PLAN, AND I HATE THAT PLAN.
GET
YOUR OWN PROTEST.
I WOULD SAY THIS TO THE LEFT IN BERKELEY AS
WELL.
THERE IS A SECOND VIDEO I THINK IS WORSE.
>> AS HE IS USHERED OUT ñ LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED.
>> HEY, YOU FUCKING HIT FIRST.
>> I AM LIVE ON PERISCOPE.
I HAD TO PUNCH A GUY BACK.
>> THAT IS REALLY UNCLEAR.
I HAVE WATCHED A COUPLE TIMES.
HE
SAID AT THE END THERE I WAS ASSAULTED AND I HAD TO PUNCH A
GUY BACK.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY PUNCHED THE GUY HOLDING THE
PHONE AS HE WAS TAPING.
BUT I
COULDN'T TELL.
IF THEY PUNCHED THE GUY, THAT IS DEFINITELY
ASSAULT.
THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
>>THESE PROTESTS SEEMED FUN.
YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE THE THINGS THAT
WERE HAPPENING AT THE PROTESTS THAT WERE THE INTENT OF THE
PROTESTERS AT LARGE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INCIDENCE THAT
OCCURRED BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
EITHER TRYING TO DISTRACT FROM THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE
PROTESTS, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR ME.
IT IS SO FRUSTRATING TO WATCH THESE VIDEOS BECAUSE THEY MAKE
ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.
I WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF A PROTEST.
>> WE TOTALLY LOST BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROTESTS
DURING TAX DAY ABOUT WANTING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE VIOLENCE.
THERE WERE CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLING FOR THE SAME THING WHEN IT DIDN'T
TURN VIOLENT.
BUT WHEN IT IS REDUCED TO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE NO
ONE'S POINT IS HEARD.
>>THAT IS THE POINT OF THE RIGHT-WING.
I AM GOING TO RUIN
YOUR POINT BECAUSE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND EVERYONE
ELSE LOVES VIOLENCE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY GUYS LIKE HIM ARE
GOING AROUND SAYING MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> DOES THAT POINT OF VIEW CARRY OVER TO THE PEOPLE THAT
CRASHED PATRIOTS' DAY IN BERKELEY?
>>YES.
LET THEM HAVE PATRIOTS' DAY DON'T BE GOOFBALLS.
COPS
USED AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TO RESTORE ORDER.
EVEN SO A STALL
SELLING FRESH VEGETABLES
REMAINED OPEN.
>> THE FIRST THING YOU SAID ñ THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE DISRUPTING THE PATRIOTS MARCH ARE PART OF
ANYONE'S MOVEMENT WHEN THEY MIGHT JUST BE PEOPLE WHO
SHOWED UP WANTING TO FIGHT.
>>BUT THAT IS WHY IT IS SO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
WHEN YOU GET
BAITED BY THE PATRIOTS' DAY OR
WHATEVER THEN THEY GET TO SAY THE LEFT IS THE VIOLENT ONES.
AGAIN, IF PATRIOTS' DAY ONE IT IS ñ DON'T EVER TOUCH THESE
RIGHT-WING GUYS.
I KNOW IT IS SO
HARD, WE GET BAITED ALSO.
COPS NEED TO BE IMPARTIAL.
WHEN THEY
DO THAT YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THEM, IF YOU DON'T YOU ARE ENCOURAGING
VIOLENCE.
IF YOU ARE A PROGRESSIVE WE DON'T DO
VIOLENCE, WE DO NONVIOLENCE.
DON'T GET BAITED BY THESE GUYS.

Rival Protesters Clash Over Trump

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