Berkeley Mayor Wants ‘Free Speech Week’ Canceled; Trump Supporters ‘Wanted to Get Beat Up’ by Antifa

Berkeley Mayor Wants ‘Free Speech Week’ Canceled; Trump Supporters ‘Wanted to Get Beat Up’ by Antifa

by Joel B. Pollak 29 Aug 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/08/29/berkeley-leftists-excuse-antifa-violence-free-speech-week-berkeley-trump-supporters-wanted-get-beat/ 

Left-wing activists are scrambling to excuse the violence carried out by Antifa activists at Sunday’s counter-protest in Berkeley, California, in which five conservative demonstrators were injured and 13 attackers were arrested.

“It almost seems like [Trump supporters] wanted to get beat up,” said civil rights lawyer Dan Siegel, according to the East Bay Times. Siegel praised the actions of the Berkeley Police Department, which allowed Antifa to jump the barricades and attack the few right-wing protesters who had gathered after a “No to Marxism” rally was canceled for fear of violence. There were about 400 police, and about 100 Antifa activists. Police later claimed their actions were necessary to prevent greater violence in a confrontation with Antifa. The San Jose Mercury News quoted Berkeley police chief Andrew Greenwood as saying there was “no need for a confrontation over a grass patch.”

Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin is now calling on the University of California Berkeley to cancel “Free Speech Week,” an event planned for late September in which a conservative campus group called Berkeley Patriot is inviting controversial speakers, including former Breitbart News tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, to speak.

Aragon blamed conservative speakers for provoking the Antifa violence aimed at shutting down their events: “I’m very concerned about Milo Yiannopoulos and Ann Coulter and some of these other right-wing speakers coming to the Berkeley campus, because it’s just a target for black bloc to come out and commit mayhem on the Berkeley campus and have that potentially spill out on the street,” he said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Berkeley was the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement in 1964, where students fought for, and won, the right to express any political views they wanted on campus. Conservatives have challenged the famously left-wing campus to live up to that legacy.

Arreguin defended the police for allowing Antifa to jump the barricades Sunday, saying “the actions taken by the police were necessary to deescalate and prevent further violence from taking place.”

The East Bay Times adds that organizers of the counter-demonstration stressed that the vast majority of the several thousand participants in their march on Sunday were peaceful. Journalist Al Letson, who risked his own safety to save a man from a beating by 20 Antifa activists, defended them: “I think, in retrospect, they may not have wanted to injure him, but at the time, everything just happened so quickly,” he told Southern California Public Radio.

Let’s connect the dots:

University of California Berkeley

Stephen M. Silberstein was a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, and a contributor for the Majority PAC.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the American Constitution Society.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father, was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, a contributor for the Majority PAC, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Common Cause, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, and the New America Foundation.

Christopher Edley Jr. is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, was a governing board member for the Common Cause, and a law school dean for the University of California, Berkeley.

University of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard C. Blum is a regent at the University of California, a board member at the Haas School of Business, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to California Senator Dianne Feinstein, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

William J. Clinton is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, was an adviser for the Yucaipa Companies, and Strobe Talbott was his roommate at Oxford.

Jeffrey M. Johnson was an operating partner for the Yucaipa Companies, and is the publisher for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Strobe Talbott was William J. Clinton’s roommate at Oxford, an editor for Time magazine, and is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Andrew S. Grove was the 1997 person of the year at Time magazine, a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

David H. Romer is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and the founder for Bloomberg LP.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Michael A. Nutter is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Annise Parker is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Manny Diaz was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Al Hunt is a columnist for Bloomberg News, and married to Judy Woodruff.

Judy Woodruff is married to Al Hunt, and a director for Public Radio International.

Michael Lewis is a columnist for the Bloomberg News, and a visiting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.

Hal Varian was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a chief economist for Google Inc.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt#Google

Schmidt as Executive Chairman of Google speaking with Nik Gowing.

Eric E. Schmidt was an Executive Chairman for Google Inc., a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, is the chairman emeritus for the New America Foundation, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Susan L. Graham was a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation, and George Soros’s son.

Fareed Zakaria is a director at the New America Foundation, and was an editor-at-large for Time magazine.

Andrew S. Grove was the 1997 person of the year at Time magazine, a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and is the founder for Bloomberg LP.

Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Michael Lewis is a columnist for the Bloomberg News, and a visiting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.

David H. Romer is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Manny Diaz was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Michael A. Nutter is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.

Annise Parker is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the founder for Bloomberg LP, and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Michael Lewis is a columnist for the Bloomberg News, and a visiting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Andrew S. Grove was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the 1997 person of the year at Time magazine, and a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley.