Proud Boys

Proud Boys Showed Up To A Pride Month Library Event But Were Met With A “Human Shield” Of LGBTQ Supporters
“When the kids started walking out from Pride storytime, they were booing them and kind of yelling different comments at them. So we just kind of cheered louder. And people walked in front of the kids so they wouldn't see them.”

Prosecutors Escalated The Stakes For Proud Boys Leaders In The Latest Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Indictment
Ex–Proud Boys national chair Enrique Tarrio and his codefendants are already set for trial in August.

A Proud Boys Leader Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy In The Jan. 6 Attack And Will Cooperate
Charles Donohoe said he was aware that Proud Boys leaders were considering “storming” the Capitol at least two days before the attack.

Ex–Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Will Stay In Jail For His Jan. 6 Conspiracy Case
Prosecutors argued Tarrio was a danger to the community and posed a risk of tampering with witnesses and evidence.

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Has Been Charged With Conspiracy In The Jan. 6 Insurrection
Tarrio was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Miami.

A Proud Boys Supporter Was Sentenced To Almost Three Years In Prison For Threatening To Kill A Senator
Eduard Florea threatened to attack legislators and head down to the Jan. 6 insurrection with a group of armed supporters.

DC Is Suing The Proud Boys And Oath Keepers For Conspiring To Storm The Capitol
The lawsuit from the DC attorney general’s office joins cases filed by members of Congress and police officers injured during the Jan. 6 attack.

A Congressional Subpoena Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Legal Entanglements For The Oath Keepers And Proud Boys
Members of the groups are already sitting in jail, staring down felony charges, and facing civil lawsuits.

The Leader Of The Proud Boys Was Sentenced To Five Months In Jail For Burning A Black Lives Matter Banner
Enrique Tarrio was ordered to report to jail in Washington, DC, on Sept. 6.

Alleged Capitol Rioters Are Telling Judges They Shouldn't Be Tried In DC Because Of "Cancel Culture"
Lawyers with conservative ties are leaning into politically themed defense strategies.

Two Proud Boys Leaders Indicted In A Capitol Riot Conspiracy Are Going To Jail
Ethan Nordean and Joseph Biggs had been allowed to go home after they were first arrested.

Proud Boys Members Allegedly Warned That Cops Were “The Primary Threat” The Night Before The Capitol Insurrection
A grand jury indicted four Proud Boys leaders in the latest conspiracy case to come out of the riot investigation.

The Capitol Rioters Are Starting To Face Much More Serious Charges For The Insurrection
Prosecutors are ramping up charges against people accused of carrying weapons, assaulting police, and conspiring with others.

A Member Of Congress Is Suing Trump For Conspiring To Incite The Capitol Insurrection
Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, filed a claim under the Ku Klux Klan Act against Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers.

Canada Has Gone Further Than The US In Branding The Proud Boys As Terrorists
The move comes after members of the Proud Boys were found to have played integral roles in the US Capitol insurrection last month.

One Of The Proud Boys Who Stormed The Capitol Had Instructions For Making Guns And Bombs In His Home, FBI Says
Dominic Pezzola was caught on camera smashing a Capitol window with a police shield, the FBI found.

After The Capitol Riot, Biden Supporters Came To The Inauguration To Stand Up For Tradition
"We almost felt a duty to come down here to say this is how we do this peacefully.”

Inside The Fortress That Washington Has Become Ahead Of Biden’s Inauguration
“It’s a ghost town."

A Proud Boys Member Allegedly Threatened To Kill Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock On Parler
Eduard Florea allegedly used his Parler account to threaten the Democrat senator-elect and discuss armed caravans heading to the US Capitol.

Listen: Here’s How The Internet Reacted To The Attempted Coup At The Capitol
“I think that’s what the internet has given us—the ability to laugh-cry through the pain. We’re allowed to laugh at the Axe body spray”

28 Tweets About Trump's Mob Storming The Capitol That Really Sum Everything Up
"Well, that escalated steadily for four years."

The Leader Of The Proud Boys Was Arrested In The Burning Of A "Black Lives Matter" Banner
Henry "Enrique" Tarrio told the Washington Post that he'd burned the banner taken from a historic Black church during violent protests in Washington, DC.

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“If you tell a complicated story with radical empathy, then perhaps people can watch that, and feel moved by that. And maybe they’ll consider what policies might be changed to make life better.”

Four People Were Stabbed And One Shot During Pro-Trump Rallies
Four people were stabbed and one person was shot as far-right groups, including the Proud Boys, clashed with counterprotesters during pro-Trump demonstrations on Saturday.

There Were Violent Clashes In DC After A Pro-Trump Rally
At least one person was stabbed and 20 people arrested following the "Million MAGA March."

"I'm Not Scared Anymore": Young Latinas Showed Up To A Trump Rally To Celebrate Biden's Win
A confrontation in Arizona shows the messy and hostile reality of a country still divided.

They Don’t Trust The Government Or The Police To Protect Them After The Election, So They’re Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
"We are preparing for an extended period of protest that will make the summer look like camp. People have this idea that it’s all going to be over after the election. It’s not," a BLM activist said.

Who Is Really In Charge On Portland’s Streets?
US Marshals deputized 56 Portland police officers earlier this year and won’t release them despite official requests. Now Portlanders are wondering if the police will answer to the city or the Trump administration if there are protests on Election Day.

The "Proud Boys" Hashtag Has Been Taken Over By Gay Men
People decided to reclaim the tag after Trump told the extremist group to "stand by" at the first presidential debate.

The Proud Boys Got A Bunch Of New Followers After Trump Said To “Stand By”
Hundreds of new people have flooded the forums the white nationalist group uses to organize.

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“It’s so accurate. The way it captures how I felt at the time is unreal to me. How well they do it — it's really impressive.”

Trump Told The Proud Boys To "Stand Back And Stand By" After Being Asked To Condemn White Supremacists
He also said at the first presidential debate that he “urged” his supporters to show up at polling locations as he stoked baseless fears about widespread election fraud.

Fires Are Bringing Portland’s Summer Of Discontent To A Terrible End
“What is happening to the world and to Oregon?”


Facebook Removed Hundreds Of Fake Accounts Connected To Roger Stone, Proud Boys, And PR Firms
The social media company said four different networks of accounts were removed for inauthentic coordinated behavior.

Two Proud Boys Have Been Sentenced To Prison For Their Brutal New York City Assault
Maxwell Hare and John Kinsman are 2 of 10 members of the far-right hate group who were charged in the attack.

Think Trump Can’t Win In 2020? These Bikers Want To Change That.
In the chaos of the 2016 election, Chris Cox forged a political machine out of an unlikely demographic — one that helped Trump reach the White House and is determined to keep him there.

The Straight Pride Parade Is The Newest Far-Right Meme And Cities Aren’t Ready For It
"We thought this was a good time to stick it to the collectivist, idealist identitarian left."

A Failed Far-Right Senate Candidate Is Planning A California “Straight Pride” Parade To Promote “Whiteness”
The thinly veiled white supremacist rally aims to celebrate “Western civilization,” Christianity, and “whiteness,” according to one of the organizers.

Proud Boys Members Have Pleaded Guilty To Charges In The New York City Attack
Prosecutors recommended up to a year in jail for at least two of the 10 Proud Boys who were charged in a brawl outside the Metropolitan Republican Club.

Roger Stone's Proud Boys "Volunteers" Have Been Defending Him Online After The Judge Entered A Gag Order
Stone said he couldn't remember who exactly gave him the photo of a judge that he Instagrammed and got in trouble for, but he identified Proud Boys leaders as some of his volunteers.

New Surveillance Video Appears To Show The Proud Boys Starting The New York Fight
The newly released footage shows two members of the far-right group charging at a handful of protesters that October night.

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.

Amazon Removed Merchandise From Its Site Touting The Far-Right Group "Proud Boys"
Earlier this year, Amazon pulled items promoting Nazism and other racist ideologies from its marketplace after facing scrutiny from Congress.

Facebook Has Banned The Proud Boys And Gavin McInnes From Its Platforms
The far-right men's group had relied on private Facebook groups and pages to recruit and organize members.

Police Arrested Three More Proud Boys Members Following A Fight In New York
A total of five members of the far-right men’s group Proud Boys have been arrested for beating up leftist protesters.

Here’s How That Proud Boys Fight With “Anti-Fascist” Protesters Went Down
Videos and photos from the scene deconstruct the brawl, which led to criticism of the New York Police Department. Two Proud Boys members were recently arrested for the violent confrontation.

Police Have Made Their Second Arrest Of Members Of The Far-Right Men's Group That Beat Up Protesters In New York
Geoffrey Young, 38, of New City, New York, was arrested at his home Thursday night on charges of riot and attempted assault. John Kinsman was arrested Friday.

The NYPD Plans To Charge At Least Nine Proud Boys And Three Leftist Protesters With Riot And Assault
The announcement comes after police were heavily criticized over the weekend for their response to the riots in New York City's streets.

New York’s GOP Candidate For Governor Said He Wouldn’t Have Invited The Proud Boys To Speak At A Republican Club
Marc Molinaro said Monday that the Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan should not have invited the far-right group’s founder, Gavin McInnes, to speak.

Manhattan Republicans Are Defending Their Invitation To A Violent Far-Right Group
Friday's speech by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes was “a bit edgy,” the club conceded, while a past president mourned the decline of an “Upper East Side genteel club.”

Members Of A Far-Right Men’s Group Violently Beat Up Protesters And Weren’t Arrested. New York Police Won’t Say Why.
The NYPD ignored multiple emails from BuzzFeed News asking why the "Proud Boys" members were not arrested for the violent assault.

Pickup Artists Are Still A Thing. And They Want You To Know They’ve Evolved.
In 2005, Neil Strauss’s The Game changed how we date. Now Mystery, the pickup artist featured in the book, is trying to disassociate from the toxic effects of the industry he helped launch. For more on the “manosphere,” watch the new BuzzFeed News series Follow This on Netflix.

Twitter Suspended Proud Boys’ And Founder Gavin McInnes’ Accounts Ahead Of The "Unite The Right" Rally
The company shut down several accounts associated with the far-right group Friday for violating its terms of service on inciting violence.

At A Far-Right Rally In Portland, Police Clashed With Anti-Fascist Counterprotesters
One counterprotester was seriously wounded after a projectile allegedly shot by the police pierced his helmet.

Those "Proud Boys" Who Disrupted A Mi’kmaq Ceremony Will Not Be Kicked Out Of The Military After All
The military had warned of possible "severe consequences."

The "Proud Boys" Who Disrupted An Indigenous Ceremony Could Get Kicked Out Of The Military
The defence minister said such actions "will not be tolerated."