Black Looter Arrested for Hammer Attack on White Man During BLM Protest

Berkely Side
September 28, 2015

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The White men tried to stop the looting and damage and got smashed in the head with a hammer for doing so.

A man has been charged with two felonies related to an attack with a hammer on a demonstrator taking part in a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Berkeley in December.

Berkeley police arrested Jayne Waller, 20, in late August on an unrelated offense after an officer recognized him from a previously circulated physical description that included a street name. Waller was released after that violation, but was re-arrested Monday in the 2100 block of Shattuck Avenue in connection with the hammer attack.

Waller was charged Tuesday by the Alameda County district attorney’s office on two counts relating to the attack — assault with a deadly weapon and battery with serious bodily injury — and one count of second-degree commercial burglary relating to a break-in and theft at the RadioShack store on Shattuck Avenue and Dwight Way.

Berkeleyside caught the attack on video (see below). It happened around 8 p.m. Dec. 7, one of several nights that month when Berkeley and Oakland were consumed with largely peaceful Black Lives Matter protests that included property damage and were at times violent.

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Jayne Waller has now been arrested for the hammer attack.

The statement continues: “One of the people vandalizing the store was Waller. Waller was wearing a unique and identifiable set of clothing though his face was obscured. Waller had a hammer in his hand which he used to break out the store front windows and doors at RadioShack. Persons who were there to protest but did not want businesses vandalized attempted to keep Waller from vandalizing the RadioShack.”

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