California police perpetrated a "cover-up and collusion with" white nationalist demonstrators after a 2016 rally, The Guardian reported Friday. Authorities investigating a violent clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters apparently "sought the prosecution of activists with 'anti-racist' beliefs," The Guardian wrote, citing court documents.
The rally in question occurred in June 2016 in Sacramento, California, where counter-protesters disrupted a white nationalist demonstration organized by the Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP), which The Guardian describes as a "neo-Nazi group." Multiple people were stabbed in the ensuing violence, and three counter-protesters who were injured at the rally were charged with assault and incitement of a riot.
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A separate victim, who was stabbed at the rally, identified Punneo as his attacker. But Punneo was never charged with any crime, and after he was arrested on an unrelated charge, authorities investigating the rally visited him in jail and told him, "We're pretty much going after [the counter-protesters.] ... We're looking at you as a victim," The Guardian reported, citing CHP recordings.
Steve Grippi, the prosecutor in this case, denied that authorities aided the white nationalists and told The Guardian that the activists who were stabbed had been "uncooperative" with the investigation. Read more at The Guardian.
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