Screenshot from Diablo Valley College staff directory before it was removed.Ī former East Bay college philosophy professor who was charged with four counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon, causing great bodily injury, has taken a deal resulting in three years of probation for an attack at a Berkeley protest last year, court records reveal.Įric Clanton had been linked by police to violent assaults with a metal bike lock during a “free speech” rally in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. The sentence is shockingly insulting to Clanton’s victims and only encourages more violence, particularly when it is political violence aimed at people who dare to have a non-communist perspective. “My case threatens to set a new standard in which right-wing extremists can select targets for repression and have police enthusiastically and forcefully pursue them. Eric Clanton’s Lecture was “Restorative Justice: Between Radical Alternative and Reformist Strategy.”Īfter being outed by internet sleuths, Clanton claimed that he was “targeted by a dedicated swarm of internet trolls known for spewing racism, xenophobia, and misogyny onto the web.” He additionally claimed to have been the recipient of “death threats,” the standard go-to and always-unconfirmed complaint designed to deflect. You can watch his presentation at his Keywiki file. He was literally a speaker at the so-called “1st Annual Anarchism, Crime, and Justice Conference” in March 2016 held at Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, Colorado. Eric Clanton’s Lecture was “Restorative Justice: Between Radical Alternative and Reformist Strategy.” According to police documents, Clanton was accused of hitting seven different people on the head with his bike lock.Įric Clanton is a hard-left anarchist. Eric Clanton (left) with one of his victims (right) via Twitterĭiablo Valley College Professor Eric Clanton received three years probation after being charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon during a rally in Berkeley on April 15, 2017.
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