Berkeley police brace for possible protests
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Police have set up barricades in a downtown Berkeley park in preparation for possible demonstrations by right-wing and left-wing groups.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that police with bomb-sniffing dogs checked the grounds of Civic Center Park early Sunday.
A right-wing rally billed as "No To Marxism in America" was initially called for Sunday afternoon but then canceled over the weekend.
Organizer Amber Cummings said that Berkeley officials and left-wing extremists made it impossible to hold the event and she would be the sole attendee.
It was not clear if supporters or opponents would show up.
The left-wing group By Any Means Necessary had vowed to shut down the rally at Civic Center Park.
It has been involved in violent confrontations,
