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For those of you who don't know this man. Eric Clanton was the Antifa goon that smacked a man over the head with a bike lock.
4chan's weaponized autists set to work uncovering the masked man. Turns out this guy taught ethics at Diablo Valley College (that's rich). After laying low for 6 weeks, it looks like he was collared and will have his day in court.
Some source material: https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/05/24/berkeley-police-arrest-eric-clanton-bike-lock-assaults/
Edit: @butternuggetskotch did a great write up on the original incident found here: https://imgur.com/gallery/B1Q8t
LoghainMacTir
Good ol' 4chan, still better than most care and empathy share sites
IIPhoenixII
'Weaponized autists' I'm definitely adding that one to my favourite insults list
SlightlyBlackerTactleNeck
Til being dedicated makes you an autist
yikesaroni
it's so weird how you guys worshipped that one nazi woman-beater, but you're chanting"justice!" with bike-lock guy, almost psychopathic even
MirielBjartskular
Never underestimate the power of bored people on the internet
songbringer
Clanton's academic work is on mass incarceration and the prison system. It sounds like he might get a first hand experience.
randyMagnum357
lawideas
Berkeley is so left-wing they just don't investigate assaults if they're committed by liberals against conservatives. (1)
lawideas
(2) The fact that a bunch of kids online could solve the case shows the police didn't even try.
smittygolden5
I hope he likes federal prison, being 5'11 and 140 Lbs might be a little rough on him, lol
CertifiedTintinologist
Yeah but then never caught the guy who smashed Richard Spencer. LONG LIVE THAT GUY.
wabitgirl
Welp, 4chan is at it again. Finding people no one else can, because they're too fucking stupid to give up.
wabitgirl
I miss my /b/rothers at times. A salute to all of you, you glorious /b/astards!
devasto
Every time I've heard "Look who got arrested", I've always been shown my dad's newest mug shot. Pleased to see this isn't the case
Greeneyeddevil
'weaponised autistics' I've never been more in love with a combination of words in my life.
DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Call 4chan what you will, they are great at finding people
HowMuchWoodCouldAWoodDuckDuckIfAWoodDuckCouldDuckWood
They are an old school trickster god. Whatever they do, good or bad, is primarily for their own amusement.
SoggySawsage
helped that
BoozeHound001
his rate my professor page also reflected this
jetflight
Don't worry, he's Antifa, on a campus, in California. If he does as much as two days of community service, colour me impressed.
IamAlexander
"4chan's weaponized autists" is a wonderful name for a research party
Thisisirrelvantcontent
Until they meet their creator... vaccines
GodEmperorOfImgur
If you want an idea of just how "weaponized" they can get, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw9zyxm860Q
Korralian
I've seen so many articles on this, but never a short documentary
Ander109
Fuck. My best friend goes to DVC. Says this guy was cool but a bit of a condescending dick.
faceinthewind
Ya that's the guy.
scottjaeger
article already says he was a Philosophy professor, so...
HashShlingingShlasher
see to me if someone is even a bit of a condescending dick I don't see them as "cool"
1vefallenandcantgetup
Maybe gave everyone good grades? Thus, "cool."
heyrelaxfellayouneedarestguy
Ander109
Yeah. I used to live in San Ramon CA. We have a DVC campus in town, but the main campus is up in pleasant Hill.
Harrygrundle
Pretty disturbing people think it's ok to assault someone. I hope this dude loses his career and does prison time. Disgusting behavior.
GodEmperorOfImgur
I am perplexed that there are people here defending this, without seeing something wrong with an ethics professor trying to kill someone 1/2
Harrygrundle
Yeah it's sad. I don't care who you support. The dude assaulted someone and needs to go to prison for it.
GodEmperorOfImgur
due to them having disagreeing views. 2/2
NewtonScamander
Never fuck with weaponized autism
TinySupreme
Antifa are a bunch of retards lol.
coloradostoneman
Yeah! why would anyone oppose fascism?
TinySupreme
Them opposing fascism isn't the retarded part. It's literally everything else about them that is.
coloradostoneman
you mean all the ways they are like the right?
Arsikere
if you guys have not heard of BAMN, they appear to be even worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwfTPqn5kc&t=2335s
CertifiedTintinologist
They sound awesome! Good luck to them.
Arsikere
watch the whole thing
JoeBobBriggs
They are also on 4chans shit list.
Arsikere
good
sunderedcycle
thank fucking god, a man like that shouldn't be loose.
deinfavorit
How is it possible for a 28 year old to be a professor? Are you sure he is not just a teacher? Isn`t there a difference in the US?
BoozeHound001
Professor is a teacher at a college. There are 3 different kinds of professors so it's possible he's there on a semester basis.
deinfavorit
Thanks for the info. In Germany you`re only a professor if you have a professorial chair, everyone else is a docent
BoozeHound001
Interesting
lilwillywallet
Inmates are finna smash his bootyhole
FilthyFrankOcean
"B-b-but I'm one of the good white people!"
Someoneisinmyhead
Manson thought he could control blacks
dayglo98
wtf is up with that Finna shit
GiggleBeard
Ebonics nasayn.
GiggleBeard
Pretty sure this dude invented it.
lilwillywallet
Idk what you finna do about it dayglo98?
ImHighTheScienceGuy
4 chan did something good??
coloradostoneman
Well they do support fascists, so i guess that depends.
smittygolden5
HWNDU ?
GodEmperorOfImgur
Read all about it here! Or watch, that's prolly easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw9zyxm860Q
IMadeThisOnlyForDestinyCodeBegging
4chan has done a LOT of good. Revealing child molester for example.
DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain
They don't take CP at all, I've seen threads that destroy a person out of spite. Far beyond just reporting them
IMadeThisOnlyForDestinyCodeBegging
I mean sure. There are people whose lives they destroy just for something stupid shit they said online, but the good outweights the bad IMO
DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain
I mean over a user posting child porn, not just saying something stupid. They really hate that stuff
ActuallyJabbaTheHutt
They do a lot of good. They found a cat abuser some time ago, and they've been fucking with Shia LaBoeuf a lot recently.
Arsikere
i remember that one. pretty amazing.
RedWingsofSteel
How is fucking with Shia LeBoeuf "good"?
ActuallyJabbaTheHutt
Cuz he's a self-righteous jerk.
RedWingsofSteel
And the self-righteous jerks on /pol aren't?
ActuallyJabbaTheHutt
They may be, but they're funny and can take a joke when it happens.
demosthenes89
How is fucking with Shia "doing something good" ??
Arsikere
he's a self-righteous asshole who is part of the whole "we need to start a revolution" narrative going around
demosthenes89
Pretty sure he's just mentally ill.
Arsikere
that's crossed my mind as well. hollywood stardom is not really a healthy thing for someone
coloradostoneman
How is that different than most of 4chan?
HerbSewell
The two things that did kind bother me is that he wasn't charged with attempted murder and that his bail was set at only $200k.
Gazchamp117
He hit a 'drumpfkin' not even the poliece defended the free-speechers from Antifa
GodEmperorOfImgur
Actually, he hit a person who was trying to keep the groups from attacking each other.
chrisnumbers
that's what lets these things happen. police standing by doing nothing
CertifiedTintinologist
That's pretty good. Hopefully he gets out and actually murders a right-winger in the future. Looking forward to it.
HerbSewell
Jesus you're just shitting on everything in this comment section.
CertifiedTintinologist
Hey, comment section is full of turds. What can I say?
GodEmperorOfImgur
You do know that if they ever got power, you'd end up getting shot too, right? "liberals get the bullet too".
CertifiedTintinologist
I'm not a liberal.
HerbSewell
Do you think Clanton did anything wrong?
gabadabagool
No
BrianBoyko
Because 4chan was so accurate hunting for the Boston Bomber.
GodEmperorOfImgur
That was reddit, not 4chan.
Camelspotting
I think that was Reddit.
JoeBobBriggs
Yeah 4 chan found the bombers in the CTV stills before the FBI did.
Gazchamp117
Its a shame that autists online do a better job than a states police force or even a government agency.
Arsikere
it's because they don't have accountability and can't be sued
chrisnumbers
they should be government investigators but they aren't politically motivated so there's no hiring them
thatlamer
... You don't have to be "politically motivated" to work for the government. Forensics isn't a private field, nor is it for political gain.
chrisnumbers
if they were politically motivated they'd be a guarantee hire.
scottjaeger
you're assuming someone was actually investigating the assault...
MintMission
They are often working multiple cases and may not have access to the same resources due to different training/legality.
shhep
Tens of autists online piling on one guy over a several weeks vs police force having a shitload to do and little training in IT forensics.
theloneponderer
The autists have focus and no hierarchy directing them elsewhere.
Wreckingball911
You're right, it is a shame. But they don't have to play by the same rules.
DickDastardly404
To be fair, they do have a lot of time on their hands to focus on just one case.
Dagordae
It's almost like the actual law enforcement has a massive number of cases and can't put thousands of people solely on finding one guy guilty
Dagordae
Of assault. Or they have far nastier people they are trying to catch.
themexicanstaringfrogofsouthernsrilanka
I agree with you but that shit looked like straight up attempted murder not just assault.
Dagordae
Debatable, but that's what court is for. Regardless, there are far too many successful murderers to deal with. And serial killers. At any
Dagordae
Given time there are 25 to 50 of them active in the USA.
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
It's almost as if government agencies are inefficient, and unwieldy because there exists not a market system to force them to compete
Dalaad
Because the weaponized autists market is very competitive?
chrisnumbers
first to find out gets the credit. if it were a paying job, first to find out gets the money.
GoCorral
An open market system for law enforcement is good way to end public safety.
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
I'm not saying law enforcement needs to be privatized, rather that it shouldn't exist at all. Furthermore, cops aren't exactly 1/2
Sortros
So you want a banana republic? I would recommend trying Syria, Saudi Arabia or Burma, that should fit your description just fine.
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
Keeping us "safe" now. 2/2
GoCorral
So we're talking about idealized anarchy where people don't commit crimes?
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
Define 'crimes'
storebrandproductmascot
It's almost like police departments can't afford to devote dozens of agents to work full time on a simple assault case!
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
If it made the state money, they would have all kinds of resources available for it.
storebrandproductmascot
I'm not sure what your point is. You think a market system, where profit is the only incentive, would make that better instead of worse?
Igotbannedforpoliticalposting
My only point is that government is completely unnecessary.
chrisnumbers
what if they get paid per successful finding?
storebrandproductmascot
Then you're gonna see a lot of suspects railroaded and a lot of innocent people in prison.
chrisnumbers
I said successful finding. They already get paid to investigate, so creating competition wouldn't change anything except speed and accuracy