Proud Boys moves through western Michigan amid counterprotests

[riversedge]

Source: abc





by TRISHA McCAULEY, WWMT StaffSaturday, August 15th 2020



KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WWMT) — Members of the Proud Boys group moved through western Michigan on Saturday.

The group originally planned to hold a rally in Arcadia Creek Festival Place in Kalamazoo, an outdoor area and event space. After hundreds of counterprotesters and police arrived at the location, the group began to move through the city.

Police had a large presence throughout the demonstration and could be heard over speakers telling crowds to clear from the area.

The Southern Poverty Law Center lists the Proud Boys as a hate group because of what the center says is the group’s frequent denigration of Muslims and Islam, misogynistic rhetoric, and its role as a gateway to other extremist groups.

Kalamazoo city leaders said the Proud Boys did not reserve any park space or request a permit to host an event in the city, but Kalamazoo Deputy City Manager Jeff Chamberlain said groups don’t necessarily need a permit to protest in the city.

A church reserved Arcadia Creek Festival Place at the same time the rally was set to start in what organizers said was a counterprotest against the Proud Boys.
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[magicarpet]

1. In-cel-fa,.. Involuntary Celibate Fascist ?

[rpannier]

2. Hopes and Prayers go out to the Proud Boys

Hopes and Prayers that they catch Covid 19 from one another
Or just get hit by lightning

[AllaN01Bear]

3. dispicable . i wonder if that person carrying the yellow flag knows its true meaning?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

[PatrickforO]

5. They've perverted it, haven't they? It says 'Don't Tread on Me.'

But in order to have their freedom, they feel they must tread on ours. They have, in effect, become the tyrants.

[usajumpedtheshark]

4. Based on the beer bellies on some of those boys

I doubt they walked very far. Wonder why they are called boys? It is because they have the mental capacity of a child.

[DTomlinson]

6. Proud Nazis.

[Maxheader]

7. Bundy brave...

Trying to figure out if a regular winger, is supportive?


A google on them..


The Proud Boys is a far-right neo-fascist organization that admits only men as members and promotes and engages in political violence. It is based in the United States and has a presence in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The group was started as a joke in the far-right Taki's Magazine in 2016 by Vice Media co-founder and former commentator Gavin McInnes, taking its name from the song "Proud of Your Boy" from the Disney film Aladdin. Proud Boys emerged as part of the alt-right, but in early 2017, McInnes began distancing himself from the alt-right, saying the alt-right's focus is race while his focus is what he defines as "Western values". This re-branding effort intensified after the Unite the Right Rally.

Let's see what happens here

https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/5591756002

[CaptYossarian]

8. I didn't realize it was Pride Week again.

My bad.