SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in California ordered the jailing of a conservative organizer who was scheduled to speak Saturday at a rally in San Francisco.
An Alameda County judge on Friday set bail for 41-year-old Kyle Chapman at $135,000.
Chapman was also told to stay 300 yards away from Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley on Sunday, when a “No to Marxism” rally is scheduled.
Chapman, of Daly City, was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon after authorities said he was seen on video hitting a counter-protester over the head with a billy club during a chaotic March 4 demonstration in the Berkeley park.
Chapman describes himself in social media as a proud American nationalist and ardent Trump supporter.
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