![]() ![]() ![]() However, its promise as a structural, alternative that can reform or eventually replace incarceration is problematic. ABSTRACT: Like most, I am enthusiastic about the development of restorative justice as a tool to heal and transform people whose lives have been affected by violence."Police confirmed Clanton can be seen in videos hitting people in the head with a U-shaped bicycle lock three of them sustained 'significant injuries,' police said." San Francisco State UniversityĪccording to San Francisco State University spokeswoman Mary Kenny, Eric Clanton ".was an instructional student assistant in the philosophy department for one semester during spring semester 2013 and also worked for three semesters as a graduate teaching associate in the philosophy department from August 2013 until January 2015." 1st Annual Anarchism, Crime, and Justice Conference Mercury News reported that social media aided police in identifying Clanton: ".police acknowledged that a video of the incident, shot by onlookers and posted on social media, helped them identify Clanton as the suspect behind “several violent assaults” during the April 15 demonstration at Civic Center Park. Social Media Helped Police Identify Clanton He also was charged with wearing a mask during commission of a crime, a misdemeanor." He "was charged with four counts of felony assault with enhancements alleging that he caused great bodily injury. Three of the people attacked sustained "significant injuries." The Partisan Defense Committee demands: Hands off Eric Clanton! Drop the charges! Hands off anti-fascist protesters!Īll U.S.Eric Clanton allegedly assaulted several people during a rally at Berkeley in April 2017 with a U-shaped bike lock. Clanton and his lawyer, Dan Siegel, have been subjected to harassment, surveillance and death threats. It is additionally ominous that there was apparent collusion between the police department and the alt-right-the charges against Clanton stem from the fascists’ doxxing of Clanton on the internet. The pursuit of these charges is an attempt to intimidate and silence any protest against a growing fascist movement in the U.S. These race-terrorists were met by justifiably angry multiracial demonstrators who sought to defend anti-Trump protesters from physical attack and made clear that fascists are not welcome in Berkeley.Įric Clanton faces prosecution on four felony charges and a misdemeanor charge that stem from this demonstration. One internet video clearly showed the leader of the fascist group Identity Evropa punching a woman in the face. The Partisan Defense Committee strongly protests the arrest and multiple felony charges against Eric Clanton stemming from a rally in Berkeley on April 15th.Īt this pro-Trump rally the fascists of Identity Evropa, the Proud Boys and assorted other white-supremacist thugs used clubs, flagpoles and knives in violent attacks on anti-Trump protesters. Since Clanton’s arrest, “alt-right” fascists have continued their threatening provocations, appearing at his arraignment hearing on May 26 carrying the Nazi-inspired “Kekistan” flag. The Partisan Defense Committee sent the following letter to the Alameda County district attorney’s office on July 10 demanding that charges be dropped against anti-fascist protester Eric Clanton, a former professor of philosophy at Diablo Valley College in the Bay Area. This purpose is in accordance with the political views of the Spartacist League. ![]() The PDC is a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization which champions cases and causes in the interest of the whole of the working people. The following article appeared under the Partisan Defense Committee's Class-Struggle Defense Notes masthead in the print version of this issue of Workers Vanguard. ![]() Berkeley: Defend Anti-Fascist Protester Eric Clanton ![]()
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