Another Proud Boy has been arrested

[soothsayer]

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Another Proud Boy has been arrested #FAFO

https://t.co/thWUXNYrtf?amp=1


Sedition Track
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Mar 30, 2021
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“No, I was definitely in D.C. but I wasn’t anywhere near the Capitol.” /cc @ne0ndistraction



Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
Shown here in his charming mask popular with the neo-nazi group Atomwaffen.

[Sanity Claws]

1. He looks mixed race

How could he get involved with a bunch of white supremacists?

[soothsayer]

2. I can't figure that out, but I've seen that kind of thing frequently

Well not frequently but more than I was expecting to see (which was none).

[CatWoman]

3. some people are just desperate to fit in

[soothsayer]

4. But do they flash the white power sign? Do they mind if others do?

[Generic Other]

5. They appear to have been intentionally recruited if you ask me

They are using these misguided idiots as human shields. Sorry to have to say so as I am mixed race and shamed by these "wannabee" white supremacists.

“WHITE SUPREMACY IS NOT JUST FOR WHITE PEOPLE”: TRUMPISM, THE PROUD BOYS, AND THE EXTREMIST ALLURE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who’s Cuban, has tried to sell the group as “rough around the edges,” but welcoming to people of color. Many of those who’ve bought the message are fixated on proximity to power at any cost.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/trumpism-the-proud-boys-and-the-extremist-allure-for-people-of-color

The presence of people of color in far-right extremist groups is not a new phenomenon; in 2018 the Daily Beast conducted nearly a dozen interviews with Latino, Asian, and Black participants at far-right rallies on the West Coast, many of whom blamed Black people for the disproportionate police violence that befalls their communities. The far-right group Patriot Prayer, which is based in Vancouver, Washington, and has ties to the Proud Boys, was founded by Joey Gibson, who identifies as Japanese American. His “right-hand man,” according to the Daily Beast, is Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, a Samoan American who has been a fixture at right-wing rallies. (In October of last year, Toese was sentenced to six months in jail on a probation violation, having pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree assault charge that January.) Following 2020’s presidential election in which a high number of people of color voted for Trump to remain in office (in some cases in higher numbers than in 2016), questions have arisen about the ideologies of Trump’s nonwhite supporters, their political mindset—and whether their numbers could grow.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/trumpism-the-proud-boys-and-the-extremist-allure-for-people-of-color