Police Have Made Their First Arrest Of A Member Of The Far-Right Men's Group That Beat Up Protesters [View all]

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Geoffrey Young, 38, of New City, New York, was arrested at his home Thursday night on charges of riot and attempted assault.

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Last updated on October 19, 2018, at 2:03 p.m. ET Posted on October 18, 2018, at 10:36 p.m. ET

A member of the Proud Boys, the far-right men's organization that assaulted left-wing protesters after a Republican event last week in Manhattan, was arrested Thursday for the brawl, the New York Police Department said.

Geoffrey Young, 38, of New City, New York, was arrested at his home Thursday night on charges of riot and attempted assault, police told BuzzFeed News. He was the first member of the group arrested in connection with the violence. A second unidentified individual was taken into custody on Friday, officials said.

The incident occurred October 12 following an event at the Metropolitan Republican Club, which advertised that Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes would reenact the samurai sword assassination of Japanese socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma.

“Banned from Twitter — this Godfather of the Hipster Movement has taken on and exposed the Deep State Socialists and stood up for Western Values,” the club said in an advertisement for the event on its Facebook page.

McInnes, who was also a cofounder of Vice Media, was suspended from Twitter in August, along with the group’s main account, @ProudBoysUSA, for violating its policy on “violent extremist groups.”

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