Police Arrest Antifa Domestic Terrorist Eric Clanton

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Eric Clanton, a former professor at Diablo Valley College, was arrested on Wednesday on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

Eric Clanton, a former professor at Diablo Valley College, was arrested on Wednesday on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

Berkeley Police are charging the domestic terrorist for attacking peaceful pro-Trump activists with a bike lock during a clash with Antifa activists on April 15.

Clanton was outed by users on 4chan last month as being the masked Antifa terrorist who brutally beat pro-Trump attendees during the Berkeley riots.

Berkeleyside.com reports: The assault was captured in a video clip (below) that drew widespread attention and anger after it was posted on YouTube.

Until Wednesday night, Berkeley investigators had declined to say whether they were looking into Clanton, despite the outcry online calling for his arrest. Wednesday, officers arrested him in Oakland at 12:15 p.m. He is being held at Berkeley Jail with a bail of $200,000, according to Alameda County sheriff’s office records online. Clanton, whose listed occupation is college professor, is scheduled for arraignment Friday. Police said they have identified three victims in the case. All three were struck in the head or neck with a bike lock, police said.

Clanton was a student assistant at San Francisco State University in 2013, according to the SF State paper, Golden Gate Xpress. He worked at the college as a graduate teaching assistant until 2015. Clanton began teaching at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill in 2015, though he was not active this semester. According to Transparent California, Clanton taught philosophy for the Contra Costa Community College District in 2015 and 2016, and was paid as a lecturer last year by California State University.

“His work in political philosophy … centers on mass incarceration and the prison system,” his Diablo Valley faculty page entry read, though it has since been taken down. “He is currently exploring restorative justice from an anti-authoritarian perspective.” According to his brief DVC bio, he taught an intro philosophy course that included instruction in “ethics, critical thinking, and comparative philosophy.” Clanton listed “ethics and politics” as his main research interests.

Berkeley Police Capt. Ed Spiller told Berkeleyside on Wednesday that Clanton was not at home in San Leandro when officers served their search warrant Wednesday morning, so investigators with the BPD homicide detail, the team responsible for the case, had to track him down at a location in Oakland. Clanton was then taken into custody without incident.

Spiller confirmed Wednesday that Clanton had been under investigation for some time when he was arrested. Investigators “obtained information from various sources” before seeking a warrant for the arrest, he said.

Spiller said he did not know the degree of injuries suffered by the three victims, or whether anyone had to be taken to the hospital. He said one attack he watched on video, however, looked “pretty ugly.”

“As a normal person viewing the video, it’s kind of shocking in my opinion,” he said.

Spiller said BPD would likely present the case to the Alameda County district attorney’s office this week for possible charges.

A reference on Clanton’s arrest record to a firearms violation appears only due to a clerical error, according to authorities. It should be listed as a possible sentencing enhancement tied to the infliction of great bodily injury.

Police will continue to review videos and interview witnesses, and Spiller said there may be additional cases from the protests in Berkeley earlier this year.

“We’re taking every case seriously,” Spiller said. “We’re still asking people to come forward that have information.… There’s still work to be done.”

BPD has asked 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.

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2 Comments

  1. Have a look at the grub…typical arrogant piece of shit… his smirk will be on the other side of his face when the crims in prison bend him over a bunk and have their way with his a s s… lol..idiot

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