Proud Boys

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  5/11/2023
  

  Proud Boys' Convictions for Seditious Conspiracy Won't End the Far Right Threat

  by Tom Mockaitis

  Despite the conviction of leading organizers of the January 6 attack on the Capitol (which aimed at overturning Joe Biden's election), the extreme right will remain a threat, partly because of the flourishing of online channels for hate and partly because the Republican Party has framed the insurrection as legitimate political expression. 

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  6/15/2022
  

  Belew to Maddow: Fascist Groups are "Nationwide Paramilitary Army"

  Kathleen Belew, an expert on white nationalist paramilitary groups, talks with Rachel Maddow about why individual incidents with racist extremist groups should be seen as part of a single, larger groundswell.

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• 6/15/2022
  

  Far Right Extremism, Paramilitarization, and Misogyny – Statement of Alexandra Stern to the January 6 Committee

  by Alexandra Minna Stern

  The alt-right groups represented at the Capitol on January 6 drew organizing power from online communities where grievance politics around race and gender flourished. Key features were heavy doses of irony that gave deniability to violent rhetoric and extreme misogyny. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/14/2021
  

  D.C. Attorney General to Sue Proud Boys, Oath Keepers for Role in January 6 Assault

  "The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., cites the modern version of an 1871 law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, which was enacted after the Civil War to safeguard government officials carrying out their duties and protect civil rights."

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  7/27/2021
  

  Revisiting Portland a Year after the Rioting

  Elliott Young, a history professor and police reform advocate, is among the Portand residents interviewed about the state of the city a year after destructive protests over police violence drew the far left, far right, and federal law enforcement to the city. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/18/2020
  

  Proud Boys Leader Says He Burned Black Lives Matter Banner Stolen From Church During Demonstrations In D.C.

  Enrique Tarrio claims that his destruction of the banner was not motivated by racial bigotry but by the supposed terrorization of the nation by the Black Lives Matter movement. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/2/2020
  

  Why ‘Stand Back and Stand By’ Should Set Off Alarm Bells

  by Kathleen Belew

  "What binds these disparate groups is that they espouse the violent defense of white supremacy."

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• SOURCE: TIME
  10/2/2020
  

  The Proud Boys Are Part of America's Long History of Vigilante Violence. Here’s What to Know About the Group's Origins

  Although he would later claim not to know about the "Proud Boys" far-right gang, Trump's debate comments could be seen as a "green light" for political violence, says historian Kathleen Belew.