I just want to see pics or video of this guy in court. That'll do just fine for the time being.

Looking forward to the civil suits as well. He's got nothing, but may as well keep it that way.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Dick, does anything make you happy these days?

Sure. I'd be happy to hear what the hearing solved. Or that he gets to spend the time between now and his trial in the drunk tank with his betters. Even a picture of his smiling face as he gets gang raped by the drunks. Hmmm. Other things that would make me happy would to be on the jury at his trial. Or to have Shugart take me to the Blue Moon. The list is nearly endless.

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Originally posted by rburg:
Sure. I'd be happy to hear what the hearing solved.

It was an arraignment. It didn't solve anything.

I wonder if he actually thinks he did anything wrong? I mean I see his thought process going two ways. One, he actually belives he was justified, and probably thinks he will get off, or two, reality is hitting him like a ton of bricks and he is wishing he could take that day back.

Either way his life will never be the same, and I hope he gets to spend many years as a guest of the state pondering his actions.

And I hope he likes giving mustache rides to his cellmate.

His inmate record on the Alameda County Government website has changed within the last hour or so.

https://www.acgov.org/sheriff_app/inmateSearch.do

The charges were revised to:

Code --- Description
PC12022.7(A)-F ---SPEC ALLEG-GREAT BODILY INJURY
PC185-M --- WEARING MASK TO EVADE IDENTIFICATION IN
PC245(A)(1)-F --- ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON

The pretrial hearing has been scheduled for 06/14/2017 at 09:00 AM

Previously the record showed a $200,000 Bail Amount but that is now blank.

I'd say he is about to get first hand experience :

“His work in political philosophy also centers on mass incarceration and the prison system,” Clanton’s former faculty page read.

“He is currently exploring restorative justice from an anti-authoritarian perspective.”


Hahahahahaha;

What the hell is "restorative justice"? Like reparations, or "you did it to me 150 years ago, so now I get to do it to you".

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Originally posted by mbinky:
What the hell is "restorative justice"?

Manure

People like this guy pay lip service to the Constitution, but they don't believe in its concepts.

I've Googled this guys name many times today, and I can't find any mention of what happened in that arraignment this morning.

I hope the criminal and civil trials follow the $$$ pathways to his sponsors.

no mention of him or the case on any of the SF news stations

not a single story

Eric Clanton charged with four counts of assault with deadly weapon

Eric Clanton, a former East Bay community college philosophy professor linked online to violent assaults with a metal bike lock during a “free speech” rally in Berkeley on April 15, was charged Friday afternoon with four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, with the special allegation of causing great bodily injury to Sean Stiles. Additionally, the charges include the misdemeanor offense of wearing a mask to evade identification. If convicted, Clanton could be sent to prison. (Read the full complaint here.)

Clanton, 28, of Oakland appeared alongside his attorney, Dan Siegel, in Alameda County Superior Court before Judge Thomas Nixon in Department 112. Siegel, who has been active for decades in East Bay social justice circles, rose to fame in the 1960s as a student activist at UC Berkeley during clashes with authorities.

Clanton pleaded not guilty to all charges and Judge Nixon set bail at $100,000. The routine hearing lasted only 15 minutes.

“I imagine we’ll get him out this weekend, maybe tonight,” Siegel said.

Clanton will next appear in court on June 14 to set dates for the preliminary hearing.

Two right-wing protesters outside the court before the Clanton arraignment on Friday. Photo: Natalie Orenstein

Outside the courtroom before the arraignment, Siegel became involved in a heated back-and-forth argument about free speech and the alleged violence from Clanton with about 10 right wingers. One had a Make America Great hat on, another carried the so-called Kekistan flag. A few of the protesters started a chant of “lock him up, lock him up.”

In the courtroom, one of the right wing protesters was escorted out because he was livestreaming the proceedings and was told repeatedly by the judge to stop. Otherwise, there was no disturbance in the courtroom.

“This case arises in the context of a demonstration by a group of loosely described out-of-town, right wingers… who uttered racist and homophobic comments and engaged in pushing and shoving” with counter-demonstrators, Siegel said in a statement to the judge.

Siegel told the judge that both he and Clanton had received various threats both online and personally.

“This is a political attack on an individual who has a clean record in this community,” Siegel said.

Soon after April 15, Clanton was “outed” online, on the website 4chan, as someone who used a bike lock to strike a man in the head. The assault was captured in a video clip (below) that drew widespread attention and anger after it was posted on YouTube. Berkeley police had been widely criticized in far right social media posts for not arresting Clanton until Wednesday.

Just as the demonstrations in April brought two rival camps into conflict, reaction to Clanton’s alleged actions has also split. Some so-called antifa activists have called Clanton a hero for taking the fight against “fascism” and hate speech to the streets. Right-wing, pro-Trump activists have called him a “thug,” using unjustifiable tactics against people who simply want to express their views. Still others have said Clanton gives leftists a bad name and that violence is never the answer.

Berkeley became a focus for action by both far right and far left activists following the violent protests on Feb. 1 that led to UC Berkeley canceling a planned appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. Large protests occurred in downtown Berkeley on March 4 and April 15.

Unlike earlier arrests reported during and after Berkeley protests this year — which have resulted in no criminal charges thus far — the BPD homicide team handled the Clanton investigation because of “the severity of these felonious assaults.” BPD described the assaults as “violent” and said Clanton was shown on video “striking people in the head with a U-shaped bicycle lock causing significant injuries to the victims.”

Police said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Berkeleyside that Clanton attacked at least three people with a metal U-lock during the April 15 rally in and around Civic Center Park. Court papers reveal, however, that Clanton struck at least seven people in the head, according to authorities. One person received a head laceration that required five staples to fix. Another was uninjured but had a piece of his helmet broken off. A third was struck across the neck and back, police said.

Police said they found evidence Wednesday during a search of Clanton’s home in San Leandro that linked him to “Anti-Fascists and Anarchy political groups,” according to court papers. He was not at that residence, so authorities moved to a second address in West Oakland and said they found flags, patches and pamphlets “associating Clanton” with antifa and anarchist groups. Investigators arrested Clanton there.

Detectives said they “recovered U-locks, sunglasses, a glove, jeans, and facial coverings” consistent with items worn during the April 15 assaults, according to court documents. And a camera found at the San Leandro home contained “selfies” taken by Clanton, police said, “with him wearing black clothing and facial coverings” consistent with April 15.

Police said in court documents that Clanton’s phone records placed him near Civic Center Park during the time of the protest assaults, too.

Police wrote that other photos they found showed Clanton “posing next to Anarchy symbols.” An “Iron Front” tattoo on his bicep, photographed while he was being logged into jail, “is associated with Anti-Fascists,” too, according to court papers.

Sometime before his arrest, police said Clanton tried to discuss the April 15 assaults with staff at Diablo Valley College — where he taught in 2015 and 2016 — and “never stated he wanted to proclaim his innocence.” He retained attorney Siegel prior to his arrest and designated Siegel as his representative, police wrote.

After he was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, Clanton “immediately invoked his rights to an attorney” and declined to be interviewed by police, according to court papers.

It’s not the first time Clanton has been arrested in connection with East Bay demonstrations, police said. On Jan. 9, 2014, the California Highway Patrol in Oakland arrested him at Highway 24 and Interstate 980 during a Black Lives Matter protest on suspicion of committing a “public nuisance,” and “willfully and maliciously” blocking a street, sidewalk or other public place. Both are misdemeanors. Police reported no charges in that case, however, or any prior convictions.

Prior to the arraignment, some expressed confusion online about why Clanton’s booking record initially included language about a gun violation. That was only due to a clerical error, police said. The criminal code section related to a stiffer sentence for great bodily injury — which Clanton was arrested on suspicion of — was previously used for gun cases. The Alameda County sheriff’s office public online records system simply hasn’t caught up with current state codes.

BPD continues to ask the public to share photographs and videos “of those who may have committed crimes during the event,” and to share information by phone at 510-981-5818.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/20...sault-deadly-weapon/

That video made my blood boil.

I hope I never witness such events in person, as I feel I would be unable to suppress the rage inside.

"Put your teeth on the curb, commie. Bubbatime is here, and dental work is my trade. Night night."

if he gets out on bail, perhaps he won't make it to preliminary...

apparently one of lynch pins of his defense is going to be 'identification'

why does this even matter - he surrendered to the police...and he's on film...

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Originally posted by mbinky:
I wonder if he actually thinks he did anything wrong?

That's a scary thought. But the fact he wore a mask and wore the same outfit as others in the group, tells me he knows it's wrong. But being that he was an ethics professor, all that combined may just mean he's a sociopath.

I didn't even realize until I saw another pic that he was using the pointy end of the bar to hit his victims, not just the length of the bike lock.

Odd that these "justice warriors" wear masks to conceal their identities while they engage in their entirely ethical and aboveboard behavior.

Try to pull that shit in a free state, and this fucking maggot more than likely would have eaten lead.

The criminal charges aside, how the hell is somebody a professor at 28, I'm betting he's not a prodigy. Let's do the math graduate high school at 18, college at 21 or 22 post graduate work until 24 or 25 three years outside of school and you have experience enough to be a professor? Guess I'm slow but 28 really......

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Originally posted by spunk639:
The criminal charges aside, how the hell is somebody a professor at 28, I'm betting he's not a prodigy. Let's do the math graduate high school at 18, college at 21 or 22 post graduate work until 24 or 25 three years outside of school and you have to enough to be a professor? Guess I'm slow but 28 really......

He ain't professor, I can almost guarantee you that. It's just media fuck up, elevating his status. More likely instructor, and at most, assistant professor.