Officials weigh gang label after Berkeley brawls
Not long after dozens of black-hooded protesters were filmed pummeling people on his city's streets, Berkeley, Calfi., Mayor Jesse Arreguin made clear his disgust for the self-stylized vigilantes.
"Antifa," he said, is no different than a street gang, and police should start treating protesters in the anti-fascist movement accordingly.
Later that day, legislators in Sacramento advanced resolutions that would treat violent acts committed by the antifa movement's enemies - white nationalists and neo-Nazis - as terrorist acts under state law.
As forces on the extremes of the nation's ever-widening political divide continue to battle with fists and weapons on the streets of California, law enforcement officials and politicians have started debating whether these groups should be classified as street gangs.
Such a designation could give law enforcement new tools to combat the groups. Numerous laws
