Antifa Dominates Protests Because Media and Politicians Side With Them, National Police Association Says

Antifa extremists protest at the University of Utah campus against an event where right wing writer and commentator Ben Shapiro is speaking in Salt Lake City on Sept. 27, 2017. George Frey/Getty Images

Antifa—not the police—seems to be in charge at many protests in the United States, according to National Police Association spokesperson Betsy Smith.

Political radicals control the streets because politicians have told police to stand down, Smith said.