2/ For more on the anti-trans, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigrant ideologies that led to the Proud Boys being designated as a hate group, see here.https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys …
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1/ This is Bruce McClay, a Lieutenant at the Bon Air Fire Company in Havertown, PA.
He's also a member of the Proud Boys, an @splcenter-designated hate group.
You can contact the fire station via this online form: https://bonairfire.com/contact-us/ pic.twitter.com/rnbhpPptaX
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3/ They have a history of violence, too. Recently, members were caught planning a rally in Providence, Rhode Island. Inside the planning chat, they traded photos of leftist activists they planned to target, and pictures of the weapons they were bringing.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683 …
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4/ And Bruce's own chapter, the Philadelphia Proud Boys, paid a midnight visit to
@gwensnyderPHL to tell her to stop exposing their ties to other hate groups.https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-proud-boys-attempt-to-menace-critic-with-late-night-threat …Show this thread -
5/ Does the Bon Air Fire Company share the values of a hate group? If not, why is a member of a hate group associated with them? You can let them know about Bruce via their online contact form: https://bonairfire.com/contact-us/ pic.twitter.com/fTw8Yxo5vn
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6/ The police aren't keeping track of these guys. They haven't classified the Proud Boys as a gang, even though, as
@gwensnyderPHL points out, they meet all the criteria.https://twitter.com/gwensnyderPHL/status/1148294328651079684 …Show this thread -
7/ It's up to local communities to beat back rising fascist street gangs. We can do that by making them experience social consequences, like telling their employers and communities about them. So tell the Bon Air Fire Company about Bruce's membership in the Proud Boys.
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8/ Who protects us? We protect us. Not the cops, not the courts. It's us, organizing our communities. And everyone has the chance to help.
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9/ If you need a link to send the fire company, antifascist researchers in Philadelphia have compiled one here. https://phillyproudboys.noblogs.org/bruce-c-mcclay/
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