46 Powerful Photos That Capture the Weekend's Protests in San Francisco and Berkeley

August 28, 2017

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Four months after the so-called "Battle of Berkeley," the San Francisco Bay Area saw widespread clashes over the weekend between far-right groups and the counter-protesters who showed up in droves to resist them. When the right wing Patriot Prayer group cancelled a rally and subsequent news conference in San Francisco on Saturday, counter-protesters and Antifa members took to the streets in celebration. Holding signs, chanting, and playing music, they protested against Trump and the violence and bigotry that erupted in Charlottesville, VA, in August. Demonstrations became violent the following day in Berkeley, where a right wing “Say No to Marxism in America” rally was scheduled to take place. Antifa protesters were seeing chasing and beating Trump supporters and rally organizers, and police — who deployed tear gas on the crowd — reported 14 arrests. These powerful photos capture the scene on the ground in San Francisco and Berkeley.

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Angel Nicole, 25, a counter protester, poses for a portrait near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Alexandra Williams, 30, founding member of Heyer Medical, a volunteer medical group dedicated to bringing emergency medical care during street protests in light of the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, VA, poses near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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A woman passes a Native American group of protesters near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Hundreds of counter-protesters march near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Maile Hampton, 22, a counter-protester with Party for Socialism and Liberation, yells into a megaphone near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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San Francisco Police officers take formation on a street near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Prerna N., 29, a counter-protester with the Democratic Socialists of America, poses near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Tiffany Santana, 28, a counter-protester and member of the Takatnut tribe, poses near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Zoe Star, 16, a counter-protester, poses near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Amanda S., 29, a volunteer medic with Heyers Medical, a volunteer medical group dedicated to bringing emergency medical care during street protests in light of the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, VA, poses near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Hundreds of counter-protesters march near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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San Francisco Police and Parks Department officers patrolled Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Counter-protesters look on near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Counter-protesters look on near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Counter-protesters look on near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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A San Francisco Police officer wearing a riot helmet looks on to a crowd of counter-protesters near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.

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Hundreds of counter-protesters march near Alamo Square Park in San Francisco.
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Antifa members march down Mission Street in San Francisco.

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Counter-protesters march down Mission Street in San Francisco.
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Garbage trucks are parked at street openings to prevent vehicles from potentially assaulting counter-protesters during a rally near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Counter protesters march down Mission Street in San Francisco.
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Garbage trucks are parked at street openings to prevent vehicles from potentially assaulting counter protesters during a rally near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Rebecca Hicks, 24, a volunteer for the Bay Area Rally Against Hate, poses for a portrait near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Counter protesters gather en masse for the Bay Area Rally Against Hate near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Berkeley Police officers arrest a counter-protester near Peace Park.
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Counter-protesters look on near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Counter-protesters gather en masse for the Bay Area Rally Against Hate near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Berkeley Police officers arrest a counter protester near Peace Park.

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Zora Costich, 42, a counter protester, poses near Peace Park.
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Erin Smith, 38, a conservative Trump supporter and a trans woman, is met with angry shouts from counter protesters near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Sam Hyde, 19, a conservative Trump supporter and recent high school graduate, is met with angry shouts from counter protesters near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Berkeley Police officers are seen in the aftermath of a smoke bomb near Peace Park.

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Antifa members are seen with homemade shields near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Antifa members are seen near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Antifa members, seen in their signature all black clothing and covered faces, gather en masse at Peace Park in Berkeley.
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A right wing protester runs away after being attacked by members of Antifa near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Antifa members, seen in their signature all black clothing and covered faces, gather en masse at Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Counter protesters scatter when smoke bombs are launched by Berkeley riot police near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Rushonda Lincoln, 22, a counter-protester, poses for a portrait near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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A Berkeley Police officer holds her position near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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A masked counter-protesters holds up the baseball cap belonging to Joey Gibson, the far right wing organizer of Patriot Prayer, after he was run out of the area near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Counter protesters and right wing Trump supporters brawl near Peace Park in Berkeley.

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Berkeley Police officers donning riot gear holds position near Peace Park.
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A counter protester is seen with a sign near Peace Park.

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Lindsay Grathwohl, 39, a Trump supporter and co-organizer of the Patriot Prayer Rally, poses near Peace Park in Berkeley.
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Terri Spencer, 53, a conservative Trump supporter and participant in the Anti-Marxist Rally, poses near Peace Park.

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