Luke Rudkowski was live on the ground at UC Berkeley, California for the Free Speech Rally where things quickly heated up between pro-Trump protesters and Antifa.
The rally started off quite quietly with only approximately 20 police and flimsy, orange, plastic fencing that would not be strong enough to keep both sides apart.
One man sarcastically offered a Pepsi, no doubt in reference to the recent, controversial commercial by Pepsi featuring Kendall Jenner. A loud shout of “You’re a fascist!” can be heard.
Man offers a #Pepsi #LIVE now at #BerkeleyProtest https://t.co/mS3nrbzA8i pic.twitter.com/1YJ84TArjZ
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
Luke walked around, speaking to people with Lauren Southern and encouraged her to wear protective gear. Lauren Southern made her speech and thanked the left for all their good work!
.@Lauren_Southern speaking at #Berkeley #LIVEhttps://t.co/Drx2DVIwDy pic.twitter.com/njhfpIe2D6
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
Rudkowski had to put a gas mask on when pepper spray was sprayed into the crowd. Luke repeatedly mentioned that the police were doing absolutely noting to keep the two sides apart.
.@Lukewearechange is at #Berkeley #LIVEhttps://t.co/Drx2DVIwDy pic.twitter.com/8Cuv9ywxeV
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
Luke saw Tim Poole, who was also at Berkeley, reporting live!
.@Timcast bro we see you 😀 pic.twitter.com/G1tG98Ch4T
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
VIDEO: Pro-Rally attendee pepper sprayed in Berkeley pic.twitter.com/7J2JNevwP3
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 15, 2017
People brought signs which included ‘Free Speech’ and ‘DA GOYIM KNOW’.
lol at da goyim know #berkeley ??? pic.twitter.com/QJSZowkZQM
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
There was a white ‘Empathy Tent’ where people could go to talk to someone. As the slogan says, “Come Talk To Us – We Listen!”
Lol at the empathy tent.#BerkeleyProtest pic.twitter.com/iOTXAvapdF
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
After a while Luke thanked everyone for watching his live stream on YouTube and he moved the coverage over to a live broadcast on the We Are Change Facebook page.
Some fighting broke out and there was a bang and then smoke. A few minutes later, again, another bang. People could be heard shouting “USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!”. A man can be heard shouting “INCOMING!! HOLD THE LINE!!! HOLD THE LINE!!!”
Lauren Southern, seen here in protective gear, was not deterred by the volatile scene as she filmed the event side by side with Luke.
Poole reported that a group had seized a dumpster and were pushing it down an ally.
.@Timcast Tim Pool is like 'They're pushing a dumpster down the street right now. They got the dumpster right now.'#BerkeleyProtest
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
Loud bangs could be heard going off, and Poole became quite concerned, saying he’d never experienced anything like this before.
#BerkeleyProtest @Timcast says: pic.twitter.com/wfvLf6sNMM
— Anon Emy (@Anon_Emy) April 15, 2017
12:39PM – Luke can be heard saying, “We are live right now, Berkeley, at the free speech rally, there has been a lot of people hurt, police have totally stood down, a massive riot has virtually just unfolded, a lot of people have been seriously hurt…a lot of rocks being thrown. The situation has definitely escalated.” Shouts of, “Get the commies off the streets! Get the commies off the streets!”, can be heard. A massive bang goes off. Luke says, “Eardrums are done”. Shouts of, “Commies go home! Commies go home!”, can be heard.
Antifa has fireworks and explosives. Glass can be heard smashing. Luke says, “Bricks are being thrown”.
anti fa and #Berkeleyfreespeech https://t.co/HxjgKkuvoa
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 15, 2017
A man can be seen holding up the flag of Kekistan. Learn the real meaning of the flag here.
A woman sustained a head injury and was covered in blood.
Literally blood on the streets and the police ran away from the #BerkeleyProtest live now on twitter pic.twitter.com/XRbh8hhMB5
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 15, 2017
The scene looked like a chaotic war zone, Antifa were seen being chased along the street and people were seen being beaten as smoke covered the streets.
An Antifa member is seen being punched, hard, directly in the face by a Trump supporter.
2: 53 PM – A fight breaks out, and a member of Antifa can be seen spraying people with pepper spray.
Just some of the craziness from Berkeley today, uploading more on https://t.co/eddYL0TemC right now as we speak TODAY WAS NUTS pic.twitter.com/5MnJ7Zd12w
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 15, 2017
2:56 PM – Here is the man offering a Pepsi from earlier in the day. Luke reports that he too has sustained an injury now.
This guy was trying to give antifa a Pepsi in Berkeley, later he had a huge wound on his head and was bleeding everywhere pic.twitter.com/6mAd4en4PK
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 15, 2017
Police were filmed standing around acting oblivious as the two groups collided over and over with some people getting seriously injured clearly failing to do their jobs and enforce the rule of law.
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