Trolling the Left: Medium Reports on Me Following Berkeley-Antifa Fallout

“The second photo is mislabeled. In it, Arthur Christopher Schaper, a regular Breitbart contributor, is blocked by Brian Sparks (of Respect Berkeley) as Schaper attempts to manhandle me while screaming nonsense and gibberish. This was a staged provocation that our local media swallowed hook line and sinker. Brian wasn’t arguing, he was de-escalating Schaper’s assault,” writes Fred Dodsworth, a journalist with 30 years of experience, former SF Examiner columnist, SF Examiner feature editor and ANG Newspapers copy chief, who ran for Berkeley City Council, District 6 in 2016.

Arthur Christopher Schaper came to Berkeley from Torrance, Southern California. An unemployed resident and self-described “writer, blogger, and political commentator,” Schaper is disavowed by his local Republican Party for radical behavior. Schaper is involved with many right-wing groups, including MassResistance, an anti-LGBTQ organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a hate group.

After he was laid off in 2012, Schaper, who complains of “welfare for illegals,” collected unemployment and got financial help from his father before going to work at a Vons grocery store. He said financial support from MassResistance helps fund his activism. Schaper also appeared on Infowars and was covered by Breitbart.

According to LA Times, Arthur Schaper sat among a mostly African American crowd at Rep. Maxine Waters’ town hall meeting last month, calling the Los Angeles Democrat “the crazy black lady” and heckling her for his Facebook Live audience.