Presumed Proud Boys Attack Protesters Outside White Nationalist Conference [View all]

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From SPLC

November 20, 2022
Hannah Gais in Nashville and Jason Wilson in Portland

Eight men wearing the colors of the Proud Boys hate group – at least two of whom were armed – initiated a violent confrontation with protesters outside a white nationalist conference near Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday afternoon.

The presumed Proud Boys arrived at the state park in apparel featuring colors, slogans and symbols associated with the hate group, but refused to answer Hatewatch's questions about their affiliations. They parked their four cars - illegally - close by the area that park authorities had set aside for protesters, boxing them in at the bottom of a hill.

Daryle Lamont Jenkins, leader of the antifascist activism and research group One People's Project (OPP), approached them alongside several other antiracist demonstrators. The group in Proud Boys gear immediately began advancing on protesters and confronting them, apparently in defense of the latest American Renaissance conference being held at Montgomery Bell State Park this weekend.

In one violent incident outside the conference venue, a man wearing a t-shirt bearing the Proud Boys slogan “Fuck Antifa” hit a protester on the head with an expandable baton.

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No arrests.
The complete story is at:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/20/presumed-proud-boys-attack-protesters-outside-white-nationalist-conference