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    Police gird for violence at San Francisco rallies

    by By Richard Winton, James Queally and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times Aug 25, 2017 5 minutes

    Back-to-back rallies this weekend that are expected to draw far-right figures and large groups of counterprotesters to the San Francisco Bay Area will offer a test of whether police can prevent the violence that plagued similar protests earlier this year.

    Law enforcement has spent weeks planning for the events in San Francisco and Berkeley. At the center of the campaign will be a huge police presence, perhaps more than a thousand officers who intend to crack down at the first sign of trouble.

    The San Francisco Police Department plans to have its entire roster on duty for Saturday afternoon's "Freedom Rally" at Crissy Field Beach. In Berkeley, the site of Sunday's rally, city officials have expressly banned weapons, sticks, projectiles and even soda cans from gatherings of more than 100 people within the city limits. The

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