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As leader of the Proud Boys launches run for Congress, his followers are mass reporting activists + journalists to stop them from exposing paramilitary neo-Nazi groups like Atomwaffen. We talk to @elizabotking + @JewishWorker about how they were targeted.https://itsgoingdown.org/proud-boys-help-defend-paramilitary-neo-nazi-groups-online-as-their-leader-enrique-tarrio-prepares-congressional-run/ …
The Proud Boys are having a rough time with court cases across the US for violent attacks. Several of their members have already been sentenced to prison. This includes Alex Michael Ramos, doing 6 years for his role in the violence at Unite the Right.https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/georgia-man-gets-six-years-for-charlottesville-beating/ETG6StFvbV3Kq2MghoXtbL/ …
Two Proud Boys in #NewYork were sentenced to four years for a brutal beating of antifascist protesters outside of a GOP event that their then leader, Gavin McInnes was invited to speak at.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/nyregion/proud-boys-antifa-sentence.html …
In Portland, court battles continue for Proud Boys and their associates for their role in violent street attacks.https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-star-proud-boys-donovon-flippo-and-tusitala-tiny-toese-hit-with-felony-assault-charges-for-portland-attack …
A white nationalist and Proud Boy leader in #Chicago, "Trigger" Tom, was just sentenced to three years, after he cut someone's face open at a @DropkickMurphys concert.https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/11/18/20971345/northerly-island-stabbing-thomas-christensen-sentence-proud-boys?utm_campaign=chicago.suntimes&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
These legal troubles, coupled with the Proud Boys military wing, the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights (FOAK), being named in lawsuits stemming from their role in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, has had a huge impact on the pro-Trump street gang.pic.twitter.com/VHrLM4qtOa
Along with investigative journalism and continuous antifascist organizing and mobilization, the Proud Boys have seen a decrease in turnout at their rallies, pushing the group to return to the safety of the internet.https://gothamist.com/news/proud_boys_trump_tower_cuckathon …
While in the past the Proud Boys have shown up at the homes of journalists and antifascists in an attempt to intimidate them, now they have also begun to mass report people online as an means of silencing them.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/far-right-proud-boys-menaced-twitter-user-on-his-doorstep_n_5b06de68e4b07c4ea1060e92 …
In the past several weeks, the Proud Boys have targeted (among many others) the journalist @elizabotking and activist account @JewishWorker, which has worked to expose leaks from the neo-Nazi forum 'Iron March,' from which the paramilitary group, Atomwaffen grew out of.pic.twitter.com/iNqcdkFt7g
The Proud Boys have openly taken credit for mobilizing their members and followers to mass report these accounts, which were temporarily successful in shutting them down. On the main Proud Boys Telegram account, the admin wrote, "Behold the fruits of your labour my friends."pic.twitter.com/bmM6VrnpN5
Looking through the Proud Boys' "Mass Report" Telegram channel, one quickly finds that the vast majority of accounts that the Proud Boys are pushed to report by their leaders having nothing to do with the Proud Boys, and are by and large, Alt-Right, white nationalist + neo-Nazi.pic.twitter.com/mC4qW60Ufh
Here, Proud Boy admin even direct their followers to support a member of Identity Evropa, a white nationalist group, who antifascists are exposing to the public, by sending emails to the person's boss in order to bolster their image and hopefully save their job.pic.twitter.com/7EsfUA5ICZ
Again and again, the Proud Boys tell their supporters to mass report and shut down those exposing neo-Nazis who were found to be posting on the "Iron March" forum, including members of the murderous group, Atomwaffen.pic.twitter.com/d8WsK0Kyhc
Groups like Atomwaffen and the Base have been linked to multiple murders, numerous attempted bombings and mass shootings, and various racist and anti-Semitic attacks across the US. https://itsgoingdown.org/how-cops-let-neo-nazi-leader-found-with-dirty-bomb-walk-away/ …pic.twitter.com/C0jlpBdPVm
Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, who attended Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, has at numerous times signed his name on the main Proud Boys Telegram account, which boosts the "Mass Report" thread. He is aware, if not directing, these actions in defense of neo-Nazis.pic.twitter.com/0updoGXKZa
As this unfolds, Enrique Tarrio has also launched his campaign for a Congressional seat in #Florida.https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-announces-2020-run-for-congress-against-donna-shalala-in-florida-27th-district-11310726 …
Ironically, with no qualms about supporting neo-Nazi groups which have murdered people and been arrested for attempting to carry out mass bombings and shootings, Tarrio authored a petition to label antifascists as "domestic terrorists."https://itsgoingdown.org/proud-boy-leader-behind-petition/ …
Tarrio also remains the #Florida director of the #LatinosForTrump campaign.pic.twitter.com/I4DnMDAuTR
Two and a half years after Unite the Right and the Proud Boys are still fighting side by side neo-Nazis and white nationalists - albeit on the internet - united in an attempt to silence anyone that stands in their way.pic.twitter.com/ffn4OB52QA
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