Thread by @marwilliamson, 1/ If you don’t know what the Proud Boys are, you should [...]

1/ If you don’t know what the Proud Boys are, you should probably learn. A gay friend of mine in NYC told me a couple of years ago that he & his boyfriend were at a bar in Brooklyn & these Proud Boys came over & told them that it was time for them to leave, the place was closing.

2/ My friend looked around & saw other people were still there, looked at their watches & realized it wasn’t closing time yet. So they told the guys that they would leave when they were done. Then the Proud Boys literally beat him up & dragged them out. This is not a drill.

3/ https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys

Proud Boys

Established in the midst of the 2016 presidential election by VICE Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys are self-described “western chauvinists” who adamantly deny any connection to the

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/fbi-proud-boys-extremist-group-white-nationalism?bfsource=relatedmanual

The FBI Considers Proud Boys To Be An Extremist Group With Ties To White Nationalism

The FBI had warned Washington state law enforcement officials about the far-right group's violence, according to an internal police report.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/fbi-proud-boys-extremist-group-white-nationalism?bfsource=relatedmanual

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