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Since there’s some renewed interest in the Proud Boys, I’m going to highlight some members operating in and around the Chicago area. First up is Brien James, a former klansman who started the American Guard and leads the Indiana Proud Boys. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/brien-james
James was among the white nationalist crew that joined a downtown rally against Kim Foxx last year. Here’s James chatting with Chicago FOP Prez John Catanzara at the rally.
James was there alongside Chicago Proud Boys, including “Trigger” Tom Christensen. Christensen has since been sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing another man at a concert at Northerly Island. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/11/18/20971345/northerly-island-stabbing-thomas-christensen-sentence-proud-boys
Next up is Chicago cop Robert Bakker, who’s linked to Christensen and the PB’s through leaked chat logs from the group’s Fuck Antifa telegram channel. Though Bakker told me he “cut ties” with the Proud Boys, CPD has lodged an internal affairs probe. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/27/21272143/chicago-police-department-officers-antifa-proud-boys
Here’s our story from last year on the Foxx rally for some added background on James and Christensen: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/4/27/18623600/how-groups-tied-to-white-nationalists-are-targeting-chicago-and-kim-foxx
