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1/ Two years ago today, on October 6, 2018, the Proud Boys attended a Resist Marxism rally in Providence, Rhode Island, where they attacked protesters.
I swore I'd track them down.
Meet Proud Boy Jedediah Kane Veino, currently of Las Vegas, Nevada. He's active duty @usairforce.
I swore I'd track them down.
Meet Proud Boy Jedediah Kane Veino, currently of Las Vegas, Nevada. He's active duty @usairforce.
2/ The rally was a violent affair, with several attacks on leftist activists from the Proud Boys and the American Guard.
In the first, a group of 16 Proud Boys crossed a police line to wade into the protesters' side to attack them. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/27/1859465/-Far-right-street-brawlers-just-can-t-escape-their-violent-hateful-and-bigoted-roots
In the first, a group of 16 Proud Boys crossed a police line to wade into the protesters' side to attack them. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/27/1859465/-Far-right-street-brawlers-just-can-t-escape-their-violent-hateful-and-bigoted-roots
3/ The rally was the start of the Proud Boy violence we saw on the east coast that year.
One attendee was Maxwell Hare, who would go on to assault protesters outside the GOP Club in NYC on 10/12/18.
I publicly identified him just hours before the attack. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1050826721203769345
One attendee was Maxwell Hare, who would go on to assault protesters outside the GOP Club in NYC on 10/12/18.
I publicly identified him just hours before the attack. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1050826721203769345
4/ Hare is currently serving four years in prison for that assault, and will be eligible for parole in March 2022.
5/ The rally was a who's who of the alt-light, with the American Guard attending alongside the Proud Boys, along with Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson and Tiny Toese flying in from Vancouver, WA.
Veino, left, stands with the American Guard's Dane Menough.
Veino, left, stands with the American Guard's Dane Menough.
6/ In this shot from @FordFischer's livestream on 10/6/18, Veino stands in the front line, facing off against protesters, just as the Proud Boys rushed to attack.
7/ In this screengrab, taken from @RodWebber's livestream just as the Proud Boys rushed to attack protesters, Veino is shoulder-to-shoulder with American Guard New Hampshire President John Camden, formerly of the Connecticut White Wolves.
8/ You can watch the video, courtesty of @RodWebber, here.
9/ Shortly after 10/6/18, the Proud Boys began planning an even more violent return to Providence, headed by Alan Swinney, now facing six felony charges in Oregon.
Those efforts were stymied when the chats were leaked and the members were doxxed. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683
Those efforts were stymied when the chats were leaked and the members were doxxed. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683
10/ If you'd like to inform the @usairforce that Jedediah Kane Veino, an active duty member of the military, is a member of the Proud Boys, a violent hate group, you can contact them via this link. https://www.nellis.af.mil/Contact/Email-Us/
11/ Two years ago, I swore that I'd expose every Proud Boy who showed up that day, and I haven't forgotten that promise. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1052987995396157440
12/ We have no tolerance for hate.
If you're a member of a hate group, like Jedediah Kane Veino, you're going to get exposed.
Those are the rules.
Proud Boys, welcome to #HellWeek.
If you're a member of a hate group, like Jedediah Kane Veino, you're going to get exposed.
Those are the rules.
Proud Boys, welcome to #HellWeek.
13/ P.S. I don't take any kind of money for this work-- no Patreon, no funding of any kind.
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