Boise Police Remove 'Proud Boys' Flags From Idaho Interstate

The Boise Police Department says officers removed flags emblazoned with the emblem of the neo-fascist Proud Boys organization after someone hung them from several overpasses on a busy Idaho interstate.
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Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft are cracking down on white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys and 3 Percenters

White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts A non-profit formed by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter is cracking down on white supremacist groups. Groups like the Proud Boys will be added to a shared database that also tracks known terrorist organizations. That database is used by the tech giants to identify content for removal across their services. Visit the Business section of Insider for more ...
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Proud Boys Withdraw From Sponsoring Dance in Scotland, S.D.

A fraternity of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has withdrawn its sponsorship of a street dance in Scotland, South Dakota, in September.
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Proud Boys Withdraw From Sponsoring Street Dance in Scotland

A fraternity of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has withdrawn its sponsorship of a street dance in Scotland in September.
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Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to burning Black church banner

Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader otherwise famous for helping police with their inquiries, has pleaded guilty to burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Black church in Washington, D.C., and to possessing a prohibited high-capacity magazine. CNN's Marshall Cohen: He will be sentenced next month and could face up to one year in jail, though defendants rarely get the maximum penalty. —
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Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge, Destroying Black Lives Matter Flag

(Removes extraneous comma from headline)(Reuters) -Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty on...
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Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty To Burning Church’s Black Lives Matter Banner

The leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Monday to destruction of property after admitting months ago that he’d burned a historically Black church’s Black Lives Matter banner in Washington, D.C., the Justice Department .  [Author: Matt Shuham]
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Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to burning DC church's Black Lives Matter banner

The leader of the far-right Proud Boys pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanors stemming from his conduct in Washington, DC, amid violent pro-Donald Trump protests in December.
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Father and son police officers charged with joining Proud Boys at Capitol riot

The Capitol riot on January 6. Brent Stirton/Getty Kevin and Nathaniel Tuck were charged with several offences relating to the Capitol insurrection. The men were added to an indictment of two previously charged Proud Boys. The father-son duo were former or current police officers from Florida. See more stories on Insider's business page. Father and son police officers have been charged with joining members of the militia group Proud Boys during the Capitol riot, according to an indictm...
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FBI Seized 'Fully Constructed' Lego Set of Capitol Building From Arrested Rioter

Prosecutors seized a “fully constructed” Lego set of the U.S. Capitol from a man they have charged with leading part of the failed insurrection against Congress in Washington, D.C. on January 6, as first reported by Smoking Gun.Read more...
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The Capitol riot, 6 months on: Here are the missed warnings and failures that led to insurrection on US soil

Rioters at the US Capitol. NurPhoto/Getty On January 6, 2021, rioters stormed the Capitol and tarnished American democracy. Six months on, formal testimony, news reports, and investigations have made clear what went wrong. Missed warnings, botched plans, and poor leadership exacerbated the chaos that day. See more stories on Insider's business page. As Trump supporters arrived in Washington, DC, on January 6 to protest the certification of Joe Biden as the next president, 1,200 offic...
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‘Why Don’t You Shut Up’: Tense Moments At Modesto City Hall Over Police Reform

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Oath Keeper pleads guilty in Jan. 6 attack; will cooperate

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group pleaded guilty Wednesday in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a major step forward for the massive investigation into the insurrection. It was also the first guilty plea in the major conspiracy case brought against members of the Oath Keepers. Graydon Young, who was accused alongside 15 other members and associates of the Oath Keepers of conspiring to block t...
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DOJ releases Capitol riot videos from major conspiracy case involving the Proud Boys

The Justice Department released three videos on Monday used in a federal court case against a Capitol riot defendant accused of leading the Proud Boys in the insurrection on January 6.
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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he started selling Black Lives Matter and anti-Trump T-shirts after card-processing companies refused to work with his other businesses

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys. Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio told The Wall Street Journal about the group's financial problems. Tarrio said he has struggled to make money as card processors keep refusing to work with his group. He said he found a loophole by starting a secret business to sell political T-shirts to liberals. See more stories on Insider's business page. Protesters at Black Lives Matter and anti-Trump ...
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The Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says he started selling Black Lives Matter and anti-Trump T-shirts after card-processing companies refused to work with his other businesses

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys. Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty The Proud Boys leader told The Wall Street Journal about the group's financial problems. Tarrio said he has struggled to make money as card processors keep refusing to work with his group. He said he found a loophole by starting a secret business to sell political T-shirts to liberals. See more stories on Insider's business page. Protesters at Black Lives Matter and anti-Trump demonstrati...
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New Telegram audio transcripts show how Proud Boys panicked when members started getting arrested after the Capitol riot

Proud Boys members Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehl walking toward the US Capitol. Carolyn Kaster/AP Telegram conversations obtained by the FBI show how the Proud Boys squabbled after the Capitol riot. Audio transcripts were released in Seattle chapter leader Ethan Nordean's court filing. They show members worried about arrests and others angry that some even went to DC. See more stories on Insider's business page. Proud Boys members squabbled in private conversations after the Capi...
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Dysfunction, infighting grip Proud Boys in wake of Capitol riot

By Marshall Cohen | CNN A private Proud Boys audio chat that was made public Tuesday shows how the right-wing group fell into dysfunction and finger-pointing as its members got arrested after the US Capitol riot. Defense attorneys for Ethan Nordean, a leader of the Proud Boys in Washington state, released a rough transcript of the audio messages in a court filing. The FBI, which had seized Nordean’s cell phone, found the audio clips on the Telegram app and produced the transcript. Prosecutors ga...
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A federal judge denied a Capitol riot suspect's claim that his health was getting worse in jail, and kept him inside

A picture of Christopher Worrell released by the FBI. FBI Christopher Worrell, a member of the Proud Boys, was charged in March with joining the Capitol riot. Worrell, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, asked to be freed from jail, saying he was being denied adequate treatment. A judge denied the request Wednesday and said Worrell's medical conditions had not worsened. See more stories on Insider's business page. A federal judge has said that a Capitol riot suspect who claims his ...
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South Carolina Man Faces Prison for Threats to Ex-Prosecutor

A South Carolina man authorities have linked to the extremist group the Proud Boys faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty to threatening a former federal prosecutor.
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‘You Are Full Of Poop’: A Proud Boy-Fueled Power Struggle Divides Portland-Area GOP

“First of All, James Ball III, you are full of poop,” wrote one Republican Party functionary to another in a bitter, paramilitary-tinged rift over the future of the GOP in Multnomah County, Oregon. “That is a legal term used by bible believing Christians,” the email continued, “who want to say something much much stronger but err on the side of caution.” [Author: Matt Shuham]
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How Ted Cruz ended up sharing Russian far-right propaganda to attack the US military

Sen. Ted Cruz. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Cruz shared a video comparing Russian and US army recruitment ads, and called the US Army "emasculated." An expert on far-right disinformation has traced the meme to pro-Russian, far-right networks. Conservatives have long shared material originating from far-right networks to attack liberals. See more stories on Insider's business page. A video shared by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz last week to attack the US military for being "w...
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GOP Officials Seek Probe of Proud Boys Ties to Censure Vote

Republicans in Nevada are calling for an investigation into a vote last month to censure the GOP secretary of state after allegations emerged that the balloting was swayed by activists with ties to the far-right Proud Boys extremist group.
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Feds Arrest Proud Boy Who Allegedly Yelled ‘Let’s Take The F*cking Capitol!’ On Jan. 6

Authorities arrested a Florida man with alleged ties to the Proud Boys who they said shouted “Let’s take the fucking Capitol!” an hour before the Jan. 6 attack, while marching with a swarm of Proud Boys around the building. [Author: Zoë Richards]
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An accused Capitol rioter asked for a separate trial after the 'QAnon Shaman' lawyer said insurrectionists have 'brain damage'

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The QAnon Shaman's lawyer went viral after offensively describing the Capitol riot defendants. The lawyer, Albert Watkins, called them "f---ing short-bus people," and "people with brain damage." Now one of the defendants wants a separate trial, saying Watkins' remarks will prejudice a jury. See more stories...
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Progressive lawmakers call on US to recognize Palestinians’ human rights – live

Senator Bernie Sanders and representative Cori Bush made appealsJoel Greenberg, associate of Matt Gaetz, pleads guilty to paying 17-year-old for sexMembers of Congress agree to commission on Capitol attackPro-Trump Elise Stefanik replaces Cheney as GOP conference chair 11.46pm BST Government records show that Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group, received two federal government-backed paycheck protection program (PPP) loans worth a total of $15,500, the Guardian can rev...
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Capitol Police observed 200 Proud Boys well before riot, lawmaker says

US Capitol Police observed roughly 200 members of the extremist Proud Boys group moving toward the Senate around 11 a.m. on January 6, hours before the building was breached by a pro-Trump mob, a House committee chairman said Monday.
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Lawmaker: Capitol Police observed 200 Proud Boys well before the Capitol was breached

US Capitol Police observed roughly 200 members of the extremist Proud Boys group moving toward the Senate around 11 a.m. on January 6, hours before the building was breached by a pro-Trump mob, a House committee chairman said Monday.
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Lawmaker: Police observed 200 Proud Boys well before Capitol was breached

US Capitol Police observed roughly 200 members of the extremist Proud Boys group moving toward the Senate around 11 a.m. on January 6, hours before the building was breached by a pro-Trump mob, a House committee chairman said Monday.
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Capitol Police observed 200 Proud Boys well before the Capitol was breached, lawmaker says

US Capitol Police observed roughly 200 members of the extremist Proud Boys group moving toward the Senate around 11 a.m. on January 6, hours before the building was breached by a pro-Trump mob, a House committee chairman said Monday.
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