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WSJ analysis of video, court records and social media shows Proud Boys were key instigators of insurrection.
One telling moment, a loudmouth shouts well pre-siege: ”Let’s f-ing take the Capitol” and is hushed with ”Let’s not f-ing yell that, alright?” https://on.wsj.com/3pkzd21
One telling moment, a loudmouth shouts well pre-siege: ”Let’s f-ing take the Capitol” and is hushed with ”Let’s not f-ing yell that, alright?” https://on.wsj.com/3pkzd21
Proud Boys documenting their own planning and violent activity with video, then posting it to social media suggests maybe we need a new GIF for that classic Stinger Bell line.
Proud Boy Eddie Block shot extensive video before and during the event. ”In a YouTube video, Mr Block acknowledged about 25 federal agents swooped down on his house on Friday, seizing two of his cellphones, a laptop, an iPad, an Xbox & an old computer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyregion/proud-boys-capitol-riot.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
”Federal prosecutors announced their first conspiracy charges against the Proud Boys on Friday night, accusing two members of the far-right nationalist group of working together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers protecting Congress.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/nyregion/proud-boys-charged-with-conspiracy-in-capitol-riot.html
