4/ He attended Resist Marxism's August 4, 2018 rally in Providence, where he tackled a protester.https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=74&v=RaGHR9H00RI …
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13/ So he wasn't around when Mark Sahady planned an April rally with the Proud Boys as security. In leaked chats, the Proud Boys targeted specific protesters and shared pictures of the weapons they planned to use.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683 …
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14/ But that violence wasn't enough for Samson to cut his ties altogether. When Mark Sahady rebranded Resist Marxism as Super Happy Fun America to plan the Straight Pride Parade, Samson signed on as one of their lead organizers.pic.twitter.com/YFsqAgBf9P
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15/ In July, Samson went with SHFA to DC, for the 7/6 fascist rally, along with a young man named Brandon Sullivan. At the rally, while standing next to Samson, Sullivan punched someone who was attempting to protect Black Lives Matter demonstrators from the SHFA group.pic.twitter.com/vYKX725rEU
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18/ And in the leadup to the Straight Pride Parade in August, Samson was on hand to offer a variety of anti-gay and anti-trans sentiment. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Samson claimed that straight people were under "attack."https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2019/08/29/ignore-straight-pride-parade-fight-lgbtq-community-divided-over-how-respond/6DJxfIdOgM2puKqVL896dK/story.html …
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19/ His evidence? A Netlix show about "drag queens and his friend’s preteen daughter questioning her gender."
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20/ The grand marshal of the Straight Pride Parade, for which Samson was a core organizer, was Milo Yiannopoulos, who has been responsible for the doxxing and harassment of transgender and undocumented students when he has visited universitieshttps://www.dailycal.org/2017/09/21/uc-berkeley-students-harassed-after-milo-yiannopoulos-publicly-identifies-them/ …
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21/ More on Straight Pride Parade Grand Marshal Milo Yiannopoulos harassing trans and undocumented students.https://www.thecut.com/2016/12/milo-yiannopoulos-harassed-a-trans-student-at-uw-milwaukee.html …
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22/ Still more on Straight Pride Parade Grand Marshal Milo Yiannopoulos harassing trans and undocumented students.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uc-berkely-protests-milo-yiannopoulos-publicly-name-undocumented-students-cancelled-talk-illegals-a7561321.html …
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23/ So why am I dropping this now, telling
@NewEnglandLaw that one of their students, Samson Racioppi, has ties to violent hate groups? Some of their students reached out to me. They don't feel safe on campus, and they fear retaliation from coming forward themselves.Show this thread -
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@NewEnglandLaw, by admitting a far-right organizer who associates with violent hate groups, you've created an unsafe atmosphere for your students. Your students can't even speak out without fear of retaliation from the violent hate groups Samson associates with.Show this thread -
25/ Your students have been bullied into silence,
@NewEnglandLaw. You need to do something about the presence of Samson Racioppi on your campus.Show this thread
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