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Got into arguments and fights, punches were thrown during heat confrontations. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live in berkeley with more. Reporter hi, eric. Birthplace of the Free Speech Movement certainly saw a lot of free speech today and violent clashes were not far behind. Civic center park, virtually empty tonight. What a difference from what we saw hours ago when thousands showed up to demonstrate. Sky 7 was overhead as todays rally spiralled into violence. A group dressed in black attacked another group near the park. Even though a plan antimarxist rally was canceled, thousands c...

Reporter Berkeley Police vowed to arrest anyone who brought items into the rally, which could be used as a weapon. Police arrested many. We witnessed this protester being tackled. Ive taken on the altright title, i guess. Reporter rightwing protester Johnny Benitez from california says he came to berkeley for peaceful dialogue but got shouted down by the crowd. Things got so heat, benitez and his friends were escorted out of the park by police. We were just standing there talking to people. People in masks showed up, trying to drag me out to the middle. They wanted to beat they wanted to kill ...

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