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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:54 PM Feb 2021

Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group

Source: Washington Post

Canada on Wednesday declared the Proud Boys a terrorist entity, adding the far-right group to a list that includes al-Qaeda, ISIS and al-Shabab as part of an effort to crack down on what senior government officials called one of the country’s “most serious threats.”

The announcement by Public Safety Minister Bill Blair comes less than a month after Proud Boys allegedly joined the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol after attending a rally by then-President Donald Trump in the hope of overturning the presidential election. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died in that attack.

It also follows a warning last week by the Department of Homeland Security about the heightened threat of “ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition” and “perceived grievances fueled by false narratives.”

Designation as a terrorist group carries financial and legal consequences. Police can seize the property of the group or its members; banks can seize their assets. It’s a crime to knowingly provide assistance to a designated group to facilitate or carry out attacks. Group members may be denied entry to Canada.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-capitol-siege/2021/02/03/546b1d5c-6628-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html

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COL Mustard

(5,897 posts)
4. They Are Our Modern-Day Equivalent Of The Sturmabteilung
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 03:53 PM
Feb 2021

The Nazi SA. Night of the long knives, and all that went with it.

Initech

(100,075 posts)
8. But we had the head Proud Boy in the White House at the time.
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 04:46 PM
Feb 2021

No way would he denounce them, they're his people.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
10. I think in Canada, they're the "Proud, but Polite, Boys"
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 05:18 PM
Feb 2021

Sometimes they throw popcorn on the ground by the sign that says "Don't Feed the Ducks".

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