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Proud Boys’ Canadian chapter, designated a terrorist group, says it has ‘dissolved’
Canada is believed to have been the first country is the first to have declared the group a terrorist entity.
By Amanda ColettaWashington Post
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In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington. AP Photo/John Minchillo
TORONTO – Nearly three months after Canada declared the Proud Boys a terrorist entity, the Canadian chapter of the militant far-right group claims it has “officially dissolved.”
Members of the Proud Boys, founded in the United States by a Canadian, joined the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.
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