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What do we know about the Proud Boys, the group Trump ordered to & #39;stand by& #39; during last night& #39;s debate?
Here& #39;s some of what we& #39;ve learned about them during our reporting over the last four years:
Here& #39;s some of what we& #39;ve learned about them during our reporting over the last four years:
In June 2017, a "Free Speech" rally organized in Boulder, CO by a Proud Boys chapter attracted a cluster of neo-nazis organized online via the Daily Stormer.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/far-right-proud-boys-hold-free-speech-rally-attended-colorado-neo-nazis/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/far-...
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/far-right-proud-boys-hold-free-speech-rally-attended-colorado-neo-nazis/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/far-...
Just over a month later (July 2017), one of the same neo-nazis seen at the Colorado Proud Boys& #39; Boulder rally was arrested after vandalizing the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center in Colorado Springs. https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/neo-nazi-william-planer-arrested-vandalizing-synagogue/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/neo-...
While the Proud Boys were still a newer group at the time, it came as no surprise for open Nazis to attend their events- Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has openly held antisemitic and racist views for some time.
In August 2017, several Proud Boys attended the neo-nazi Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville (they often deny this)
Current Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio participated in militia security for the rally, which was organized by a former Proud Boy.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/violent-white-supremacist-rally-charlottesville-ends-murder/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/viol...
Current Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio participated in militia security for the rally, which was organized by a former Proud Boy.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/violent-white-supremacist-rally-charlottesville-ends-murder/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/viol...
Unite The Right organizer Jason Kessler had already parted ways w/ Proud Boys leadership - but that didn& #39;t mean they weren& #39;t still useful to him.
Leaked chats show he discussed using Proud Boys as cover to pass as "average Trump supporters..under attack" https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/data-release-discord-logs-expose-regional-networks-planning-unitetheright/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/data...
Leaked chats show he discussed using Proud Boys as cover to pass as "average Trump supporters..under attack" https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/data-release-discord-logs-expose-regional-networks-planning-unitetheright/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/data...
2017 Discord chats from & #39;Anticom& #39;, another fascist group involved in planning the Charlottesville rally, show how they viewed the Proud Boys as exploitable.
Some in Anticom wanted to join the PBs; others saw them as a "sacrificial lion":
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/anticom-discord-server-shows-months-neo-nazi-incitement/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/anti...
Some in Anticom wanted to join the PBs; others saw them as a "sacrificial lion":
https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/anticom-discord-server-shows-months-neo-nazi-incitement/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/anti...
When Jason Kessler was trying to pull off & #39;Unite The Right 2& #39; in summer 2018, he again tried to solicit Proud Boys& #39; help in organizing the event: https://unicornriot.ninja/2018/leaked-violent-racists-use-facebook-chat-to-plan-unite-the-right-2/">https://unicornriot.ninja/2018/leak...
