Presumed Proud Boys Attack Protesters Outside White Nationalist Conference

[Yonnie3]

From SPLC

November 20, 2022
Hannah Gais in Nashville and Jason Wilson in Portland

Eight men wearing the colors of the Proud Boys hate group – at least two of whom were armed – initiated a violent confrontation with protesters outside a white nationalist conference near Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday afternoon.

The presumed Proud Boys arrived at the state park in apparel featuring colors, slogans and symbols associated with the hate group, but refused to answer Hatewatch's questions about their affiliations. They parked their four cars - illegally - close by the area that park authorities had set aside for protesters, boxing them in at the bottom of a hill.

Daryle Lamont Jenkins, leader of the antifascist activism and research group One People's Project (OPP), approached them alongside several other antiracist demonstrators. The group in Proud Boys gear immediately began advancing on protesters and confronting them, apparently in defense of the latest American Renaissance conference being held at Montgomery Bell State Park this weekend.

In one violent incident outside the conference venue, a man wearing a t-shirt bearing the Proud Boys slogan “Fuck Antifa” hit a protester on the head with an expandable baton.

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No arrests.
The complete story is at:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/20/presumed-proud-boys-attack-protesters-outside-white-nationalist-conference

[AllaN01Bear]

1. naturaly no arrests . me thinks many are cops.

[brush]

2. Anybody watch the movie "Cabaret" lately? These incidents with these...

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winger militias (street toughs) remind me of the the "Brown Shirt" Nazi incidents portrayed in the movie of early 1930s Germany when Hitler was coming to power.

[yankee87]

5. 100%

Agreed

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. MBA had its start as a military school.

It is no surprise that those asshats were there. They were probably called in by a few alumni. MBA is now an expensive prep school. And, a large number of the 'plantation elite' went there. And, I doubt that there will be any arrests.

[Gaugamela]

4. When I was in college (a very liberal school) there was a park nearby, and

and there was a series of incidents where male college students were being attacked in the park by high school toughs who yelled homophobic slurs. A martial arts group on campus — some serious black belt types — decided to start strolling through the park holding hands to see what would happen. This plan circulated around the campus and the dean called the guys in and talked them out of it. While that was probably the right decision for that circumstance, I’m beginning to think it’s time for the left to start adopting the plan now. Coordinate protests with a combination of martial arts types in plain clothes and others armed with cameras to be sure to get video evidence. These thugs will keep doing it as long as they get away with it.