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Watchdog: CPD overlooked incriminating evidence while investigating cop’s ties to far right Proud Boys and should have fired him

“This case represents a determination that someone who made ‘false’ and ‘contradicting’ statements about his association with the Proud Boys should continue to wear the uniform of the Chicago Police Department,” the city’s inspector general told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder's speech, citing the threat of violence

It was an abrupt reversal for the school, which had condemned the views of Gavin McInnes even as it said free speech required it to host the event. Protesters confronted each other and police.

WEKU

Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder’s comedy event over threat of ‘escalating violence’

University previously said it would allow event

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Oath Keepers use a "just joking" defense

The January 6 trials expose how white privilege allows domestic terrorists to hide their plots in plain sight

Salon

Penn State students outraged over invitation to far-right Proud Boys founder

Uncensored America, a conservative student group, has invited Gavin McInnes to speak at the school in late October

The Guardian - US

Wes Moore campaign, Maryland Democratic Party slam Dan Cox for accepting a gift from Proud Boys member

BALTIMORE — With less than three weeks until Election Day, heavy hitters in Maryland’s Democratic Party condemned Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox’s acceptance of a gift from a member of a far-right, extremist group at his primary night party.

Tribune News Service

Top cop defends 120-day suspension for officer accused of fraternizing with Proud Boys, not telling brass

CPD Supt. David Brown said CPD has “zero tolerance” for sworn officers joining or associating with hate groups. But given what can be proved, he said, a 120-day suspension is as far as he legally can go.

Chicago Sun-Times

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How Michael Flynn goes local to spread Christian nationalism

Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is influential in the far-right Christian nationalist movement that has growing stature in of the Republican Party

The Independent UK

Secret Service minimized threats before Jan. 6, documents show

A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Will Bunch: Proud Boys' only 'idea' is violence. Penn State is wrong to give its leader a platform

The one contribution that the Proud Boys — the mostly white-boy street thugs who arrived on the scene around the same time, not coincidentally, as the political ambitions of their hero Donald Trump — and the movement's Canadian founder Gavin McInnes have made to the canon of modern intellectual thought…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Chicago cop will keep his job despite links to the Proud Boys and failing to disclose he was under FBI investigation

Officer Robert Bakker was suspended for 120 days after a lengthy internal investigation was resolved through a so-called mediation agreement, in which he agreed not to contest the allegations lodged against him.

Chicago Sun-Times

Secret Service knew of plans for violence 10 days before Jan. 6 riot

United States Secret Service agents were alerted to potential violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, at least 10 days before rioters stormed the building, according to emails and other messages obtained by the Jan. 6 committee.

Los Angeles Times

Secret Service knew of Proud Boys plot

"Please, please take this tip seriously," a Secret Service source pleaded with the agency

Salon

‘Start smashing pumpkins’: January 6 panel shows Roger Stone discussing violence

Video footage obtained from a Danish documentary film-maker shows Trump ally discussing violence after 2020 election

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The Independent UK

Trial: Trump tweet about 'wild' protest energized extremists

A jury has seen evidence of how a tweet by then-President Donald Trump from December 2020 energized members of the far-right Oath Keepers before some of its members joined in the attack on the U.S. Capitol a few weeks later

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Proud Boys leader Gavin McInnes is headed to Penn State for a comedy show. Students are pushing back

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State University leaders and students are speaking out after an announcement that the school would host Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes for a comedy show.

WEKU

Penn State is about to host the Proud Boys founder, and its students are protesting

As it made its case to bring Gavin McInnes to campus, a student group compared him to "many great comedians that have come before," who challenge the way people see the world.

The Independent UK

Anger as Penn State says it will host Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes for ‘comedy night’

McInnes’ opening act will be a self-described “professional troll” who sexually harassed Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Salon

January 6 was planned in broad daylight

The far right groups who attacked the Capitol recruited and radicalized openly, as we warned repeatedly

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Right-wing militia leaders, on trial for sedition, continue to threaten democracy

Five leaders of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia that played a leading role in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, went on trial last week in Washington.

Salon

Gavin McInnes still tied to Proud Boys

McInnes headed to Las Vegas weeks ago for a meet-up and attempted to put down a civil war in the organization

Salon

Proud Boy flips on leaders tied to Trump

CNN legal analyst says indicted Proud Boys should be "more nervous than yesterday"

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Kanye calls Trump ‘my boy’ as ex-president mocks Kamala Harris for North Korea slip-up

Rapper’s comments came as he sat down for an interview with Fox News

Tribune News Service

Proud Boys member from NC pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot

The federal investigation into the Capitol riot reached deeper into the Charlotte area on Thursday when a Gaston County man pleaded guilty to taking part in a Proud Boys seditious conspiracy to block the presidential transfer of power.

Al Jazeera

US Capitol riot: Proud Boys member admits to seditious conspiracy

Several other members of far-right group face seditious conspiracy charges over their alleged roles in January 6 attack.

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