[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Protests have turned violent in Berkeley, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, after demonstrators hit the streets for the second consecutive night to speak out against the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York.
A crowd of 750 protesters swarmed freeway overpasses at two locations in Berkeley, near the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
, prompting police to move in to clear the roadways and handcuff some protesters.
Three officers and a technician were hurt and six people were enjugged
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Some protesters hurled objects at police, who responded by firing gas, the California Highway Patrol's Golden Gate division said on its Twitter feed.
It said demonstrators threw unspecified 'explosives' while protesters targeted them with rocks and bottles and tried to light a patrol vehicle on fire. |