The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow

[turbinetree]

the Government.

ProPublica and FRONTLINE have identified more than twenty members with ties to the armed forces.

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE Feb. 1, 11 a.m. EST

This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary.

Hours after the attack on the Capitol ended, a group calling itself the Last Sons of Liberty posted a brief video to Parler, the social media platform, that appeared to show members of the organization directly participating in the uprising. Footage showed someone with a shaky smartphone charging past the metal barricades surrounding the building. Other clips show rioters physically battling with baton-wielding police on the white marble steps just outside the Capitol.

Before Parler went offline — its operations halted at least temporarily when Amazon refused to continue to host the network — the Last Sons posted numerous statements indicating that group members had joined the mob that swarmed the Capitol and had no regrets about the chaos and violence that unfolded on Jan. 6. The Last Sons also did some quick math: The government had suffered only one fatality, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who was reportedly bludgeoned in the head with a fire extinguisher. But the rioters had lost four people, including Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was shot by an officer as she tried to storm the building.

In a series of posts, the Last Sons said her death should be “avenged” and appeared to call for the murder of three more cops.

Zoe Todd, FRONTLINE, contributed reporting.

https://www.propublica.org/article/boogaloo-bois-military-training

[marble falls]

1. Are there even 10,000 of them? Do they think they don't ever leave a foot print? ...

... Never make a stupid mistake? Aren't infiltrated? Don't have snitches trying to beat other criminal beefs? Haven't been photographed by the press, by each other, by the police many times, particularly the ex-military or ex-convict Bois?

[Initech]

2. These guys want to overthrow the government? I wouldn't trust them to overthrow a Home Depot.

[wiggs]

3. I have a memory that Trump bragged about his 'well armed' and 'strong' base that

included ex military, police, gun advocates, and the like...referring to conflicts with the left. Maybe a couple of years ago. I wish that would be dug up and make the media rounds then show up in the senate next week.