And retired police Sergeant Betsy Smith offers a law enforcement perspective on Antifa. Joel Kotkin, author and Urban Futures Fellow at Chapman University, breaks down the biggest issues currently facing California.

Members of the crowd assaulting the vehicles flew Antifa flags and Antifa groups had promoted the gathering, dubbing it "Fascist Free 503." Antifa stands for antifascist. Members of the network regularly resort to violence.

It also alleges that Luis Marquez is "one of the leaders" of the Antifa group.

At least one Antifa flag was spotted in the crowd, and members donned the distinctive all-black clothing the network is known for. A number carried black umbrellas, which Antifa members use to spar with police officers.

Andy Ngo, a journalist known for his reporting on anarcho-communist group Antifa, said his podcast was permanently suspended by Soundcloud.

Rick Moran identified this in his 2017 piece, “Dozens of public school teachers involved in Antifa.” It was a clarion call that something was going on.

"We have seen Antifa adherence coalescing and working together in what I would describe as small groups and nodes," Wray has said.

We did not arrest this person for arson, nor anyone affiliated with Antifa or 'Proud Boys' as we’ve heard throughout the day. Also, no confirmed gatherings of Antifa which has also been reported," the department stated on social media.

"My good faith efforts at de-escalation have been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical Antifa and anarchists," Ted Wheeler said during a press briefing on Jan. 1.

The affidavit said that Raven-Guido and other rioters were dressed in "black bloc"-style clothing similar to what Antifa uses. Antifa is a far-left, anarcho-communist network that regularly engages in violence.

Police have footage of people with Antifa flags from earlier in the summer.

A 27-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after violence erupted during a "Back the Blue" rally in Olympia, Washington when Antifa and Black Lives Matter counterprotesters clashed with the pro-police demonstrators.

Several people had traveled to the area on Thursday donning gear typically worn by Antifa members. Bellingham is a city of some 88,000 about 88 miles north of Seattle, a primary hub of Antifa groups.

The videos came after a Project Veritas operative appeared to infiltrate Rose City Antifa in Portland, Oregon, one of the most prominent Antifa cells in the country.

In an op-ed in The New York Post, journalist and Antifa expert Andy Ngo wrote: "Some believe Antifa would fade away after Biden’s electoral win. They’re wrong.

Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he wasn't particularly concerned about the mobs of people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 because Antifa or Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists weren't among them.

Ngo said Antifa members pursued him through downtown Portland, while bystanders looked on.

He noted that there are also "more militia types" in addition to Antifa, which the FBI are also investigating.

"ANTIFA SCUM ran for the hills today when they tried attacking the people at the Trump Rally, because those people aggressively fought back. Antifa waited until tonight, when 99% were gone, to attack innocent #MAGA People.

President Trump will not allow Antifa, or any terrorist organization, to destroy our great country.”

The video showed that Gipe had an Antifa flag and a poster of Mao Zedong, a Chinese communist dictator, in his classroom.

Some officials, including FBI Director Chris Wray, have said that Antifa is more of an ideology rather than a group. He described Antifa as a decentralized movement.

Intelligence indicates that the recent attack on the Sacramento District Attorney's Office was planned and led by the Antifa extremist group.

Antifa members have been arrested or identified as suspects in Washington, Portland, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, among other cities.

"I am 100% ANTIFA all the way!" Reinoehl wrote that Antifa members "do not want violence but we will not run from it either!" "It will be a war and like all war there will be casualties," he wrote.

SAN FRANCISCO, California—A free speech rally organized by conservatives was overrun by several hundred counterprotesters—some holding Antifa flags—on Saturday in downtown San Francisco.

(Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) In Seattle, Antifa activists marched into the iconic Pike Place Market to smash up property, with video from the scene showing broken windows in a Starbucks.

Rioters, including members of Antifa, later turned their attention on other facilities, such as police precincts and the headquarters of the Portland police union.

The reality is that Antifa demonstrates "an elaborate and complex but non-hierarchical structure," Shideler said.

Antifa has “mastered the art of making its violence appear innocuous.