Slate "A Photographer on the Most Disturbing Thing He Saw at Trump Rallies"

[BigmanPigman]

45. My first and only encounter with Proud Boys was at an anti-tRump

rally in my city. I had been to many protests but this was the first time I had seen people with bullhorns at the front of the group of speakers, trying to cause havoc. I was right up there in front, high up on the steps with the speakers. You could see the police (later I learned they were sheriffs, not the police, and they love tRump big time) standing around but they did nothing. Finally, one of the speakers who was a city council member, called the sheriff's dept and told them to instruct their sheriffs to do their job and separate the Proud Boys from the rest of us. I was standing next to one sheriff who was finally telling the Proud Boys to move to a different area. I smiled at the Proud Boy the sheriff spoke with and flashed the "peace sign" in his face. I think it was better at diffusing their angst/hate than the sheriff. They hate "peace".