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In the six days since rioters hijacked a raucous, but peaceful protest against the right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, many have wondered who those masked marauders actually were. The 100 to 150 people who stormed Sproul Plaza and who UC officials said hurled fireworks, rocks, and Molotov cocktails at police were mostly dressed in black with ski masks or bandanas hiding their faces.
Were the troublemakers from the left? Or from the right?
Now the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been called in to help figure it out.
UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich speculated on his website that right-wing agitators might have been behind the rioting. He wrote of the “possibility that Yiannopoulos and Breitbart were in cahoots with the agitators, in order to lay the groundwork for a Trump crackdown on universities and their federal funding.”
Were the troublemakers from the left? Or from the right?
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Robert REICH sounds about right.
Cops just need to start instantly rounding up people they see with their face covered and that will keep peoples protests from getting disrupted.
originally posted by: Grambler
I have a suggestion that may help idenitify some of these masked rioters next time.
This is far out there, but stick with me.
When they start rioting and breaking the law, the police should arrest them on the spot.
I know, I know, its crazy. But not only might we then be able to identify them, it may even stop innocent people from being beaten and their property from being destroyed!
originally posted by: xuenchen
While wearing masks or disguises is not usually illegal, if someone wears a mask or disguise to avoid being detected by the police he or she could be charged with a criminal offense. Under California Penal Code Section 185 PC, it is unlawful to wear a mask or disguise in order to evade the police
originally posted by: Grambler
I have a suggestion that may help idenitify some of these masked rioters next time.
This is far out there, but stick with me.
When they start rioting and breaking the law, the police should arrest them on the spot.
I know, I know, its crazy. But not only might we then be able to identify them, it may even stop innocent people from being beaten and their property from being destroyed!