49 Facts About Proud Boys

Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, white nationalist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States.

The Proud Boys has been designated as a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand.

The Proud Boys are known for their opposition to left-wing and progressive groups and their support for former U S President Donald Trump.

The Proud Boys organization was launched in September 2016, on the website of Taki's Magazine, a far-right publication for which white nationalist Richard B Spencer had once served as executive editor.

Proud Boys first heard it while attending his daughter's school music recital.

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Spencer, McInnes and the Proud Boys have been described as hipster racists by Vox and Media Matters for America.

Proud Boys's further said the far-right's claim that "[w]e're going to show up and we're intending to get in fights" was new.

Some men who are not white, including Enrique Tarrio, the group's chairman and the Florida State Director of Latinos for Trump, have joined the Proud Boys, drawn by the organization's advocacy for men, anti-immigrant stance, and embrace of violence.

Proud Boys have been banned by social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Daily Beast reported in November 2018 that the Proud Boys have amended their rules to prohibit cargo shorts and the use of opioids and crystal meth.

Proud Boys announced that the group, which denies being a racist or white supremacist organization, would take on an explicitly white supremacist direction, and that he intended to refocus the organization on the issues of "white genocide" and the "failures of multiculturalism".

Proud Boys announced that he would change the logo and rename the group to the "Proud Goys", a term used among the far-right to signal antisemitism.

Evidence of further disarray within the leadership of the Proud Boys emerged in February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack and the many arrests of Proud Boys that followed.

In early 2018, ahead of an appearance at the annual Republican Dorchester Conference in Salem, Oregon, Roger Stone sought out the Proud Boys to act as his "security" for the event; photos posted online showed Stone drinking with several Proud Boys.

In February 2018, the Proud Boys posted a video on Facebook which they described as Stone undergoing a "low-level initiation" into the group.

The next day, in Washington D C, a small number of Proud Boys demonstrated outside the courthouse where Stone pleaded not guilty to the charges, carrying "Roger Stone did nothing wrong" signs and others that promoted the InfoWars conspiracy website.

Proud Boys is particularly close to the group's current leader Enrique Tarrio, who has commercially monetized his position.

Images of Chapman went viral, and the Proud Boys organized a crowdfunding campaign for Chapman's bail after his arrest.

However, Proud Boys were at the August 2017 alt-right event, which was organized by white supremacist Jason Kessler.

Proud Boys have been active for several years in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Proud Boys stepped out of his car wearing glasses with Asian eyes drawn on the front and pulled a samurai sword out of its sheath.

Later, inside the event, McInnes and an Asian member of the Proud Boys re-enacted the 1960 assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, the leader of the Japanese Socialist Party; a captioned photograph of the actual assassination had become a meme in alt-right social media.

Video evidence from three separate videos showed conclusively that the Proud Boys had instigated the fight after the Metropolitan Republican Club event.

Ten men connected to the Proud Boys were arrested in connection with the October 2018 incident.

Seven Proud Boys pleaded guilty to various charges including riot, disorderly conduct and attempted assault.

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The Proud Boys organized the August event in response to a video that went viral of masked demonstrators assaulting conservative blogger Andy Ngo at a Portland rally on June 29, 2019.

Group of Proud Boys was present at a large rally against public health measures, on January 23, 2022.

In January 2020, the Proud Boys attended a large Second Amendment rally in Richmond, Virginia.

On May 30, 2020, Facebook officials reported that internal systems flagged activity from Proud Boys-related accounts encouraging "armed agitators" to attend protests following the murder of George Floyd.

In June 2020, members of the Proud Boys rallied at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, Washington, in an effort to confront protesters.

Proud Boys was wanted for multiple probation violations related to his 2018 misdemeanor assault conviction that left a protester with stitches and a concussion in June 2018.

Toese, previously affiliated with Patriot Prayer, had been observed participating in other assaults with members of the Proud Boys, including an assault at a Clark County, Washington mall in May 2018 and an assault in Seattle in June 2020.

On December 12, 2020, members of the Proud Boys targeted Ashbury United Methodist Church, the oldest historically black church in Washington, D C, after pro-Trump protests earlier that day.

Proud Boys was charged with one count of destruction of property and two counts of possession of high-capacity ammunition feeding devices (a felony).

Review by the Wall Street Journal of social media posts from Proud Boys members showed that the group repeatedly invoked Trump's messages as a call to action, and were disheartened by the arrests and what they perceived to be Trump's lack of action in the days leading up to Joe Biden's inauguration.

On December 30, 2020, the Proud Boys held a videoconference to announce the founding of an elite chapter of their members called the Ministry of Self-Defense.

Many of the Proud Boys "worked as teams" and "Telegram messages from that morning show that some of the Proud Boys intend to rile up other protesters, " with one thread having this exchange between Proud Boy members:.

The NYT video investigation shows how Proud Boys' leaders fell back, assessed the situation for about fifteen minutes, and then redirected their attack to weaker points.

Proud Boys was found guilty of attempted assault, second-degree unlawful use of mace, and pointing a firearm and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The ARIC identified the Proud Boys as being associated with a "growing backlash against Pride Month" which has emerged in the form of the straight pride movement, noting that a June 2019 transgender pride event in Seattle, Washington was disrupted by the "alt-right Proud Boys organization".

On February 3, 2021, the Proud Boys were officially designated as a terrorist entity in Canada.

Proud Boys Canada announced that it was dissolving on May 2, 2021, and denied that it was a terrorist or white supremacy group.

Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings like the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Proud Boys organization has been banned by Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

On May 2, 2021, Proud Boys Canada announced on the Proud Boys USA channel on Telegram that it has "officially dissolved".

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An ironic catchphrase used by Proud Boys is uhuru, which means 'freedom' in the Swahili language.

Since the early days of the group, Proud Boys have worn black and yellow polo shirts of the British clothing brand Fred Perry on McInnes' suggestion.

The brand, having previously been negatively associated with skinheads and the British National Front in the 1970s, issued several public statements distancing themselves from the beliefs of the Proud Boys, and calling on members to stop wearing their clothing.

Proud Boys commonly wear red MAGA hats to rallies, often alongside Fred Perry black and yellow polo shirts.