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7B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017 Bay area leaders strive to protect speech, prevent violence Dueling rallies pose challenges By PAUL ELIAS and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Police and civic leaders in the cradle of America’s free speech movement will struggle to bal- ance liberty of expression with safeguards against violence as demonstrators with varying political viewpoints travel to the San Francisco Bay Area for dueling rallies throughout the weekend. On Saturday, a politically conservative group called Patriot Prayer will host a “free- dom rally” near the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, over the vociferous objections of San Francisco’s Mayor Ed Lee and other Democratic lead- ers who say the group invites hate. On Sunday, a transsexual supporter of President Donald Trump plans a “No to Marx- ism in America” event in a downtown city park in nearby Berkeley. Opponents will mobi- lize too, including clowns and drag queens as well as an anti- Trump organization that has sometimes supported violent tactics. The challenge for law enforcement comes after an Aug. 12 rally of white suprem- acists in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia that turned deadly, kill- ing one counter-protester and two state troopers. Police in both California cities tradition- ally have given demonstrators a wide berth, even when ral- lies in recent years turned vio- lent as protesters from both the left and the right have punched people, destroyed property and engaged in violence. But the deaths and inju- ries in Charlottesville have police, civic leaders and civil rights groups in the San Fran- cisco area and across the United States rethinking how to respond to hate speech and how to manage competing protests. The American Civil Liber- ties Union said it will no lon- Anda Chu /San Jose Mercury News Pepper spray is used as anti and pro-Donald Trump protesters clash during competing demonstrations at Martin Lu- ther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, Calif., in April. AP Photo/Eric Risberg Crissy Field is the site of a rally Saturday by the conservative group Patriot Prayer. Northern California police and civic leaders are hoping for calm, but bracing for violence this weekend when hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators of all stripes flock to the San Francisco Bay Area for dueling political rallies. ger represent hate groups that demonstrate with weapons after it was criticized for persuad- ing a judge to let the Charlot- tesville protest go forward. In Boston last weekend, police successfully separated tens of thousands of people shouting anti-Nazi and anti-KKK slo- gans who showed up to protest a much smaller conservative “free speech” rally — but draw- ing some complaints that the speakers didn’t get to be heard. “We’re in an interesting sit- uation no question about it, where the Bay Area, known for its protection of speech is also known for how much it deplores discrimination and hate speech,” said Julie Nice, a constitutional law professor at the University of San Fran- cisco School of Law. She said police are in a tough spot because they are AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez A demonstrator guards the speakers area during a rally for free speech in Berkeley, Calif., in April. constitutionally obligated to protect even hateful speech until the point that speech crosses the line into violence. In the San Francisco area, protesters this weekend will face more restrictions and beefed-up police powers than in the past. The Berkeley City Council has expanded the authority of police to confis- cate eggs, sticks and other perceived weapons, a posi- tion defended by Berkeley’s mayor despite the politically liberal city’s reputation as the birthplace of the free speech movement and a bastion of tolerance. Mayor Jesse Arreguin said this week he is tired of his city being targeted by people who show up in military wear and support positions that he calls anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, and anti-gay. “We have gone above and beyond to facilitate the right for all voices to be heard. What we don’t stand for is violence, what we don’t stand for is van- dalism and we don’t stand for thuggery,” he said. “What we don’t tolerate is people using the concept of freedom of speech to commit violence.” Student activism was born during the 1960s free-speech movement at Berkeley, when thousands of students at the university there mobilized to demand that the school drop its ban on political activism. More recently, the University of Cal- ifornia at Berkeley has come under criticism for what some have characterized as suppres- sion of unpopular views. In February, officials at the University of California at Berkeley were forced to cancel a talk by right-wing provoca- teur and Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos after black-clad protesters hurled smoke bombs and sparked a huge bonfire. Amber Cummings, who is organizing the rally against Marxism, said racists and hate groups are not invited to her Sunday event. But the anti- Trump group By Any Means Necessary has vowed to shut down the Berkeley rally and authorities worry the two sides could clash. In San Francisco, the park service issued a permit for the Portland, Oregon-based Patriot Prayer gathering, but banned more than two dozen items, including guns, helmets and tiki torches. They’re also work- ing on a plan to keep rally-go- ers and opponents separated at Crissy Field. San Francisco cannot block the event because the park is on federal land. But Mayor Ed Lee has urged people to stay away. “I ask that people avoid going to Crissy Field and engaging with members of Patriot Prayer because that is precisely what they wish us to do and I don’t want to dig- nify their message of hate and their mission of division in our city of love of compassion,” Lee told a Wednesday news conference. 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