Proud Boys before attacking the Capitol

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[malaise]

1. But but but

Antifa is shouting fuck antifa?

[BSdetect]

2. Collective IQ estimated at 5

[DonaldsRump]

3. It's so nice that the "Poor Boys" wore orange knit caps

That helps cement the conspiracy charges that will be brought against them, in addition to everything else: this categorically demonstrates planning and coordination among several Poor Boys.

And yes, I am adopting President-elect Biden's perfect description of these thugs: POOR BOYS.

[Cobalt Violet]

4. there is the guy that threw the fire extinguisher.

The one with the CFD hat.

[bdamomma]

5. CFD

was that ever exposed what it means?

[Cobalt Violet]

7. It means Chicago Fire Department as far as I know.

I just rewatched the video and I don't think it was him. Many of them lookalike to me.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. A lot of the instigators wore American flag masks, articles, too.

Men in need of something. Education?

[bdamomma]

9. No education

and just no common sense either.

[PatSeg]

8. Dear god, what a bunch of idiots

Like kids who want to play combat games, but are too undisciplined to join the military.

[Submariner]

10. The FBI will get him in custody, get his phone and the number called

and whoever was called is probably really screwed right now. I hope it's a MAGA rep or senator and we can run the traitor out of town.

[dalton99a]

11. How they tried to avoid publicity on January 6:

The Proud Boys typically move around public demonstrations like a small army, flooding entire blocks in their trademark black and yellow colors. But on this day, their strategy was to avoid detection. Their self-styled “chairman,” Enrique Tarrio, had ordered the Proud Boys to go “incognito” and dress in plain clothes, so while they were central to the planning, inciting, and execution of the insurrection that led to five deaths, their role was not immediately obvious from the video disseminated from the scene.

In a stream from before the rally, Joe Biggs, a former InfoWars staffer who led the Proud Boys in Tarrio’s absence, reiterated the plan for the group not to wear their traditional colors.

“We will not be attending D.C. in colors. We will be blending in as one of you. You won't see us. You'll even think we are you,” Biggs said. “We are going to smell like you, move like you, and look like you. The only thing we'll do that's us is think like us! Jan 6th is gonna be epic.”

Partly because of this, the group has mostly evaded scrutiny for the violence at the Capitol—which came as lawmakers were scheduled to convene and certify the results of the 2020 election, affirming Joe Biden as the winner and Donald Trump the loser.

Tarrio himself was not present: He was arrested on his way into D.C. earlier in the week and charged for a misdemeanor for his alleged role tearing down Black Live Matter signs from a Black church in December. During the arrest, police discovered two high-capacity magazines, emblazoned with Proud Boy insignia, and charged him with an additional felony. Upon his release, a judge ordered him to stay away from D.C.

Based on YouTube videos posted by Proud Boy streamer Eddie Block, Biggs, clad in a blue plaid shirt, was running the show on January 6, alongside “Rufio Panman,” aka Ethan Michael Nordean. President of Philadelphia Proud Boys Zach Rehl is also up front and center.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdmva/a-proud-boy-in-disguise-helped-lead-the-insurrection-at-the-capitol

[BusyBeingBest]

12. Fucking pathetic. Pretending to be some sort of real force, like children playing.

I'm sure a lot of them have military or law enforcement experience, so they borrow bits and pieces from that, and everything else is just middle-aged men jockeying for position.