2) In fact, he was tagged as being in Providence by former Proud Boy Mike Zimmerman. And when someone asked what they were doing there, Zimmerman replied, "Crushing antifa skulls."pic.twitter.com/xjozuuuX5p
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THREAD: This is Harrisburg PA Proud Boys Sergeant-at-Arms Matt Reidinger. He came to Providence to attack protesters on 10/6. He works at the Irish Isle Provision Co in Coal Township, PA. You can call them (570) 648-6893 or visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Foodservice-Distributor/Irish-Isle-Provision-Co-141259425915603/ …pic.twitter.com/F2397cyU7m
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3) The President of the Harrisburg PA Proud Boys-- the chapter to which Reidinger belongs-- is Maxwell Hare, who is currently facing felony riot and gang assault charges for his role in the 10/12 attacks on protesters in NYC.http://gothamist.com/2018/10/23/proud_boys_arraigned_nyc.php …
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4) Reidinger proudly posted this group photo of the Proud Boys after they attacked protesters in Providence on 10/6. He replies to a comment from Proud Boy Kenny "Rad" Lizardo, saying, "What a day brother. Fucking great time."pic.twitter.com/uxSYjUiS1Z
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5) Lizardo is the Proud Boy who drove hundreds to miles to threaten videographer Vic Berger at his home for posting a satirical video mashup of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/far-right-proud-boys-menaced-twitter-user-on-his-doorstep_us_5b06de68e4b07c4ea1060e92 …
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6) Reidinger also posts frequent violent imagery bragging about the violence perpetrated by the Proud Boys. The first image here bears the logo of both the Proud Boys and Anti-Communist Action.pic.twitter.com/G3qNrxMqxo
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7) And when a commenter on the Anti-Communist Action says, "kill red," Reidinger heart reacted. (Also note Kenny Lizardo again talking to Reidinger.)pic.twitter.com/HlbWrmy6cW
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8) As shown by leaked Discord chats from
@UR_Ninja, Anti-Communist Action, is a neo-Nazi-affiliated group that did security for Richard Spencer in Gainesville, and helped organize its members to attend the first Unite the Right in 2017.https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/discord-logs-show-neo-nazi-agenda-behind-anti-communist-action/ …Show this thread -
9) Within the chat, this is how one member of Anti-Communist Action described the group.pic.twitter.com/3tHKeiEsvW
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10) And in his Facebook profile, Reidinger lists his employment as "shover at Helicopter." This is a reference to the extrajudicial killings of leftist organizers performed by Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile. (See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flights#Chilean_dictatorship …)pic.twitter.com/5sCcWQDIAh
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11) Reidinger was also supposed to perform security functions at the 11/17 fascist rally in Philadelphia. In this Facebook screenshot, he claims that Black Lives Matter is "attending to start violence."pic.twitter.com/w6hn8t77aS
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12) So what can we do to fight hate in our communities? Get him fired. Reidinger works at the Irish Isle Provision Co in Coal Township, PA. You can call them (570) 648-6893 or visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Foodservice-Distributor/Irish-Isle-Provision-Co-141259425915603/ …
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13) Tell them that their employee, Matt Reidinger, is the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Harrisburg PA Proud Boys, a group that has traveled across state lines to attack protesters at fascist events.
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14) Tell them that the Proud Boys have been officially designated as a hate group by the
@splcenter.https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys …Show this thread -
15) Tell them that-- as recently revealed by
@jason_a_w-- the Proud Boys have been designated as an extremist organization by the FBI.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/proud-boys-fbi-classification-extremist-group-white-nationalism-report …Show this thread -
16) And tell them that their employee, Matt Reidinger is the Sergeant-at-Arms of one of the most vicious Proud Boys chapters in the country.
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17) We just did this last week to another Harrisburg PA Proud Boy, Andrew Kovalic, who was fired from Comcast due to your outcries. And we can do it again, right now, to Matt Reidinger.https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/11/14/comcast-fires-proud-boys-employee/ …
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18) We can beat back hate in our communities, folks. As we saw in Philadelphia on 11/17, the cops won't protect us here. They beat our side with batons and let the Proud Boys walk through our crowd. We need to protect us. Get them fired.
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UPDATE: The store Matt works at just took down their Facebook page, which is weird, since they could just leave it up and announce that they won't be employing hate group members like Matt Reidinger. But go ahead and let them know on their Yelp page. https://www.yelp.com/biz/irish-isle-provision-company-coal-township …
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