Why Law Enforcement Needs to Classify Far-right Groups as Gangs
Why Law Enforcement Needs to Classify Far-right Groups as Gangs by Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid | May 12, 2021 Photo of members of the Proud Boys group in DC by Geoff Livingston (Source: Flickr, CC). On January 6, 2021, following former President Trump’s public ranting at the “Save America March” a collection of Trump supporters, intertwined with alt-right gangs (e.g., Proud Boys), anti-government “militias” (e.g., Oath Keepers), accelerationists (e.g., Boogaloo Bois), and Internet trolls (e.g., Groypers) stormed the U.S. Capitol Build...
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