Antifa And Trump Supporters Battle At Berkeley

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By Rob Shimshock

For the third time this year, Trump supporters and Antifa clashed on the streets of Berkeley, California. The two forces met Saturday during the pro-Trump Patriot Day rally.

Berkeley Police have arrested at least 15 people this morning and afternoon, after antifascists met Trump supporters at a pro-Trump rally, reported CBS News.

Police attempted to maintain order with poles and fence mesh, but the barriers did not stop the two sides from violently engaging.

Brutal fight between Antifa and Trump Supporters #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/f3N8JDEFbz

— Girls of Europa (@GirlsOfEuropa) April 15, 2017

This is Trump’s campaign ad for the 2020 election. Thanks Antifa.#Berkeley #TaxMarch pic.twitter.com/e6Mj9EHpL7

— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) April 15, 2017

Trump supporters had organized a Patriot Day rally, starring Lauren Southern, a former reporter for conservative Canadian outlet The Rebel Media and Kyle Chapman, a man who achieved internet stardom as “Based Stickman” after assaulting a member of Antifa with a stick at the March 4 scuffle in Berkeley, among others.

Berkeley police have confiscated banned items such as knives, flagpoles, and sticks used as weapons, according to CBS San Francisco.

Soros funding groups inside the United States like #Resist who hired paid protesters and caused violent riots like #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/WMfpJMVNao

— Pamela Moore (@Pamela_Moore13) April 15, 2017

Street fights everywhere in Berkeley. This is so nuts. pic.twitter.com/SZoc0MdxyE

— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017

This latest clash between pro- and anti-Trump forces comes a month after the March 4 “March 4 Trump” and two months following the riots that cancelled former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos’s UC Berkeley talk.