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There to witness it. i recommended a number of individuals assaulted to sue the police chief and the city of san jose for failing to protect trump supporters. judge jeanine: let's take a look at how the person who was beat up last week and thought he was going to die, how he responded. >> well, you know, after the massive part of black block came, the police disappeared. and there was an announcement. the police stood down and a sea of black poured into the park and it turned violent. judge jeanine: police are standing down. i love cops. i can't believe this is instinctive. order must be comin...

I couldn't believe that the police would let them there. >> tucker: how did the beating -- first of all, are you injured? i can't believe you got out of there. what are your injuries like? >> yeah, you know, like bruised ribs, bruised kidney. it wasn't torn. did sonogram and things. i have about four or five lumps on the back of my head. scrapes, bruises, swelling. nothing that won't heal. >> tucker: did these guys start hitting you without warning? how did the beating begin? >> you know, after the massive black block came, the police disappeared. there was announcements, the police stood down...

Country. >> explain the reasoning behind fighting sfwlouf make it so unpalatable to do white supremacists organizing. historically that's what's worked. you have to put your body in the way and make it in a language they understand, and sometimes that's violence. >> reporter: no firm number how many antifa activities there are in the united states because there isn't one organization. most are local groups that communicate through social media. but expertise who track them say their membership is growing? response to the rise of white national groups and the election of president donald trump....

Lives matter, we're told is involved in that protest. they're making their way down tremont street down to boston commons, and we can anticipate them seeing them there at the commons perhaps around noon time. i'm joined onset by former cia counterterrorism officer, buck, will et-- let me ask you, we're looking at people their faces were covered there on the boston common with handkerchiefs and black hats. what do they represent? >> that's called black block tactic. that was well-known in the wto protests in seattle. you have individuals that will dress in this way and making sure it's difficul...

Prosecutors say they were wearing masks, covered head to toe in black, a tactic the antifa called black block. >> people dress in black cloth for a few things. >> reporter: scott crow leading anarchist led this group for deg kade. >> people put on a masks to become anonymous and able to move more freely and do what we need to do, whether it is illegal or not. >> reporter: so some people push back on that and say the black block is to keep peep from beam identified and arrested when they break the law. >> damn right. it's a good way to avoid the ramifications of law enforcement. [ chanting ] fa...