ANOTHER PEACEFUL BERKELEY PROTEST – AT 12:35 P.M. ET:   I guess there were some anti-Trump people out there just exercising their First Amendment rights.  From Breitbart: 

Ten people were arrested in Berkeley, California on Saturday following an anti-Trump protest that sought to counter a march in support of President Trump.

“A total of 10 people were arrested, including five for battery, four for assault with a deadly weapon and one for resisting arrest,” reported The Marin Independent Journal on Saturday. “Police reported items confiscated among the combatants were: ‘metal pipes, bats, 2x4s and pieces of wood. A group with bricks was detained, and their bricks confiscated.'”

“Some anti-Trump protesters threw things at Trump supporters. Berkeley police made occasional forays into the crowd, but mostly held back,” they continued. “Protesters spilled out into Martin Luther King Junior Way and were fighting in the middle of the street, and there were people punching each other on the sidewalks. Some people had bloody faces. One pro-Trump supporter was apparently sprayed in the face with Mace.”

COMMENT:  Nothing to see, nothing to see.  We must understand the frustration of the protesters, who are so upset at losing an election.  We must respect their sense of cultural vulnerability and lack of privilege.

We note with satisfaction that ten people were arrested, although, since it's Berkeley, they'll probably be released and given college credit for time spent in jail. 

March 5, 2017