The California Highway Patrol asked prosecutors Wednesday to charge 106 people in connection with violent clashes last summer between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters at the state Capitol that left seven people stabbed. CHP investigators are asking prosecutors to consider charging the 106 individuals with 514 misdemeanors and 68 felonies. “Our investigators had to deal with people disguising themselves with bandannas and masks,” said CHP spokeswoman Fran Clader. As hand-to-hand fighting raged on the grounds, the historic domed Capitol was locked down, with staffers and tourists inside. After the melee, the Traditionalist Worker Party’s vice chairman, Matt Parrott, blamed “leftist radicals” for instigating the violence.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2017 02:26 UTC