I’m so glad you reported on this poor kid, whose story I hadn’t seen elsewhere. I think it’s really important that we don’t just lump all the violence together in a single place so that it’s easier to keep it at a distance. I hope they sue and I hope those motherfuckers are identified and prosecuted and sent to…

When some groups I was in set up a march and rally after a black man was murdered by a white man in our city, we were told specifically that we couldn’t even bring signs on sticks, because the police would perceive them as weapons. So yeah, your comment should get more stars, because the police/city absolutely could…

The echo chamber of their social media is how it happened. The Internet is responsible for many things, good and bad, and these guys are a product of the anonymity the internet provides.

It’s true southern justice. It’s 300 years old and it’s the same as our foremothers and forefathers suffered under. The city, the cops, the lawyers and, mostly, the white citizens are okay with what happened and they always have been.

I must’ve missed the “She got what was coming to her” article on the Root. Why don’t you link to that?

More than “what is Albright?” was the “but Trump isn’t White Supremacist”. That’s half my extended family. They vote for anyone with an R next to their name on the ballot. During the campaign, when I argued that Trump was surrounding himself with white supremacists and openly courting white supremacists, their…

I had to skip the Women’s Day March in my town because of that reason. I have a lower leg injury that flares up from time to time, and when it does, I have to walk with a cane. My winter cane is aluminum with a set of retractable spikes on the bottom that look like this. No way in hell that wouldn’t have been…

From his GoFundMe:

Denying a permit to terrorists isn’t denying free speech. If ISIS or Hamas wanted to march, we would rightly say no. It’s time for the power structure to acknowledge these motherfuckers are terrorists. Although there have been decades of evidence already and it hasn’t happened yet.

Good point about the torches doubling as weapons. All of the major protests this year have specifically told people not to use any sticks for signs that could double as a weapons. They suggested pool noodles.

The city should be sued, the police force should be sued, each individual terrorist in this picture should be sued. But like the article points out, even after Mr. Harris wins, he’ll carry this unspeakable trauma with him for the rest of his life - how to help with that? What a mean, disgusting, terrible lesson to…

Echoing what @Raineyb said, the city shares culpability for a lack of preparedness to deal with the violence.

Hi Yesha,

I wouldn’t trust me either if I were you. But you gave Bae such great answers, I thought I’d try.

What the actual fuck?

Oh shit, I hope Berkeley dude gets his ass beat when he goes back home.

Thank you. I appreciate the insight. I’ll keep coming back to your comment, as there’s a ton I can learn from it.

I know I’ll never understand what it’s like to walk even a foot in your shoes. I’ve been working on confronting my prejudices, and those I see in my friends around me. It’s not an easy topic, but it…

They had their own “Security”. Guys dressed up like they were official military police. You know those guys that like to play war and pretend they are macho.

I can’t get over the poetics of seeing these “fringe” white nationalists beating the hell out of us while dressed in polos, button downs and pleated khakis. VSB nailed it earlier this afternoon - this isn’t a fringe ideology, it’s more pervasive than America cares to admit and there are plenty of people who are…