Before talking about Eric Clanton, and what he is doing now, let’s first understand Antifa. Antifa is a far left group in the United States. It is a highly decentralized array of groups which uses violent direct action to achieve its aims rather than policy reform. Much of antifa political activism is violent while they occasionally flash posters and flyers too. Their methods are akin to Islamic terrorists.
Antifa brutally attacks its ideological opponents, which includes conservatives and others on the right. Despite violence frequently being caught on video, the group often avoids implications because they wear masks, obscuring their faces and making it difficult for authorities to recognize them if an arrest isn’t immediately made.
In one of the most outrageous cases, Eric Clanton, a former philosophy professor, beat up an opponent with a bike lock in Berkely, California on April 25, 2019. Eric Clanton took a plea deal that saw him get three years of probation and avoid prison time. Before his arrest, Clanton had been “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 that drew widespread attention and anger after it was posted on YouTube.
Read More : A new poll suggests that Donald Trump will defeat Joe Biden if the two men go head to head in 2024
Eric Clanton has a violent history. Police said, previously, that Eric Clanton attacked at least three people with a metal U-lock during the April 15 rally in and around Civic Center Park. Court papers later revealed 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 a helmet broken off. A third was struck across the neck and back, police wrote.
Sometime prior to his arrest, police said Clanton tried to talk about 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 Dan Siegel prior to his arrest and designated Siegel as his representative, police wrote.
Read More : When stones rained on Harrisonville, Ohio.