8 Alleged Antifa Members Sentenced in San Diego Counterprotest at 2021 ‘Patriot March’

The demonstrators, accused of violent attacks on rally participants, get terms ranging from 6 months to 2 years.

A Patriot March participant washes his eyes after being sprayed by attackers at San Diego's Pacific Beach on Jan. 9, 2021. Tina Deng/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—Eight of 11 people indicted in connection with a 2021 San Diego Pacific Beach “counterprotest” that turned violent received sentences on June 28 ranging from six months to two years in prison.

The defendants, described by prosecutors as self-identified anti-fascists, were charged with orchestrating a series of violent attacks on attendees of the Jan. 9, 2021, pro-Trump “Patriot March.”